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TRISKA-WHAT? They call it triskaidekaphobia ,...

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TRISKA-WHAT? They call it triskaidekaphobia , fear of the numeral 13. Add Friday, the day Christ was crucified, and you have a double-whammy for the superstitious-minded, says Cal State Fullerton anthropologist Otto Zadovszky. He won’t be giving tests today and hasn’t on such Fridays after several students skipped an exam once and told him “they didn’t dare come to class because they’re afraid to drive on Friday the 13th.”

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