Crazy Bad Luck: It's Friday The 13th With A Full Moon

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Crazy Bad Luck: It's Friday The 13th With A Full Moon

Today is a bad day for those with paraskevidekatriaphobia. It's also a bad day for those with selenophobia. For those with both, don't look at the calendar or the sky.

Paraskevidekatriaphobia, for those of you who haven't had a chance to google the term (like your blogger did), is the fear of Friday the 13^th. Selenophobia is the fear of the moon. Today is not only Friday the 13^th, but there was a also full moon in the Eastern Time Zone early this morning (12:11 a.m., to be precise).

The next time that'll happen is Aug. 13, 2049.

And in case you're having trouble pronouncing paraskevidekatriaphobia, we'll leave you with some help from NPR newscaster and Two-Way contributor Korva Coleman.

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