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English Extra
Plus
Deutsche Seiten
May 2016
Number13
Published by:
And we are:
Noa Jagodić, 8.a
(a student editor)
Jakov Schramdei, 6.d
Lea Malezan, 8.d
Jan Vidović, 8.b
Eleonora Galinec, 8.b
Anastazija Savčukov, 8.b
And our teacher
and editor:
Blanka Bezuk
with the assistance of
Mrs Maja Krišto
English Extra Number thirteen deals with everything
connected with numbers and maths.
Interesting facts about number 13 :
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Traditionally, there used to be 13 steps leading up
the gallows.
Apollo 13 is the only ucsuccessful moon mission .
Kids officially become teenagers at the age of 13,
and we all know that's a scary phase. (We don't
believe that, do we?)
Editor's is last
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TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA – the fear of number thirteen. The
word „Triskaidekaphobia“ is made up of the Greek
words:
Tris (meaning „three“), kai (meaning „and“), deka
(meaning „ten“) and phobia (meaning „fear“)
The number 13 is synonymous with bad luck. It is
considered unlucky to have 13 guests at a dinner
party, many buildings don't have a 13th floor and
most people avoid getting married or buying a house
on a day marked by this dreaded number. But why is
13 unlucky? And is there any statisticas proof to support
the superstition?
„No data eyists,
number 13 is an
believe that any
(Igor Radun,
Finland )
and will never exist, to confirm that the
unlucky number.
number. There is no reason to
number would be lucky or unlucky.“
Institute of Behavioural Sciences in
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B.B.
ISSN 1847-3431