Have you ever wondered why you always look at the clock at a certain time? Are you extra-cautious outside on Friday the 13th? Is there some number you always take as a good omen?
Over the course of hundreds of years, many people from all parts of the world have studied the significance of numbers, and have consequently assigned meaning to them—some good, some bad, and some seemingly redundantly. Pythagoras, the Greek philosopher and mathematician, went so far as to believe that numbers had souls and created the basis of the entire universe. In contemporary times, especially with the introduction of numerology, numbers still bear special meanings and associations across different cultures. Click through to check them out.
This widely recognized unlucky number is especially bad when it falls on a Friday, and many believe it gets a bad rap purely from not being as perfect as 12. Others believe it has to do with the 13th guest at the Last Supper, Judas.
Vladimir Grashnov died of cancer potentially from radioactive poisoning, Konstantin Dimitrov was assassinated while on a date, and Konstantin Dishliev was shot during lunch. What did these Bulgarians have in common? A cursed phone number.
In South Asian cultures, it's considered good luck to give $101, for example, instead of $100 as gifts. By making the amount indivisible, it's believed that the blessings remain indivisible as well.
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Have you ever wondered why you always look at the clock at a certain time? Are you extra-cautious outside on Friday the 13th? Is there some number you always take as a good omen?
Over the course of hundreds of years, many people from all parts of the world have studied the significance of numbers, and have consequently assigned meaning to them—some good, some bad, and some seemingly redundantly. Pythagoras, the Greek philosopher and mathematician, went so far as to believe that numbers had souls and created the basis of the entire universe. In contemporary times, especially with the introduction of numerology, numbers still bear special meanings and associations across different cultures. Click through to check them out.