Atleast once a day I'm going to post a new fact, explain it, and give you a link to a more in depth explanation.
Countries that suffer widespread triskaidekaphobia, will miss out an entire floor on their skyscraper building plan. That is, not many buildings will have a 13th floor.
As illogical as this is, it is true. Why tempt fate? This includes countries like the United States and England, so you will struggle to find a 13th floor on a skyscaper in either New York or London.
Or is it completely logical? We cannot deny that there are people in the world who believe in “stupid” superstitions so much that they affect decisions in their life, I strongly believe in Karma, and I know lots of people who would cry if they broke a mirror, or throw salt over their shoulder if they knocked it down, why tempt fate?
These superstitions manifest themselves into the real world. So back to the 13th floor, in a residential building, a landlord instantly rules out the ability to rent to superstitious tenant, and I can’t imagine many companys who want their business to be based on the 13th floor whether the Managing Director is superstitious or not!
So… It’s completely logical that skyscapers don’t have a 13th floor :-)
I have been struggling to find facts that I can interestingly explain, so I am considering adding a few one liners between the “essay facts”, they will be serving as fillers, but the original format of FYF will still be maintained.
