Today is Friday the 13th!! Some consider it unlucky! Do you have any superstitions?!
Gunners & Ali - Ali's Random Facts
Friday, 13 March 2026 - 4 minutes
Today is Friday the 13th.
For a lot of people around the world, it’s considered the unluckiest day on the calendar.
In fact, the fear of it is so common it even has a name - paraskevidekatriaphobia - which is basically the fear of Friday the 13th, and also the fear of trying to say that word out loud.
The superstition actually goes back centuries. In Norse mythology, the trickster god Loki turned up as the 13th guest at a dinner party and chaos followed. Then in Christian tradition, 13 people sat at the Last Supper, the night before Good Friday. Over time, the number 13 started getting a pretty unlucky reputation... especially when it lands on a Friday.
Even today the superstition sticks around.
Some buildings skip a 13th floor, hotels sometimes avoid room 13, and millions of people won’t travel or make big decisions on this day.
But here in Australia, we have our own weird superstitions...
Drop Bears. Magpies. And Bunyips.
Do you have any superstitions? And Why?
