The curse of the number 13

The number 13 has long been associated with fear and the curse. There is even a technical term for the fear of the number 13 This is Triskaidekaphobia ! The origin of this phobia is religious. This superstition is that Jesus and his apostles were thirteen at table the night of the Last Supper (the Last Supper of Christ presented by Philippe Champaigne, above). That evening, Judas, the thirteenth guest to sit at table, betrayed Jesus who was arrested by the Romans. The next day, a Friday ("Friday"), Jesus was tried and crucified. But the many implications of the number 13 in different time domains, historical or mathematical seem to explain the mysterious character and superstitions surrounding these: The Mayan and Aztec calendars example included twenty months and thirteen days, these companies have disappeared as a result of the 16th century Spanish invasion. It's the same tarot, where the thirteenth arcana represents a skeleton being mowed.

January 1st was not always the first day of the year

January 1st was not always the first day of the year. January was not the first month of the year. Mars is originally the first month of the old Roman calendar. It is 46 BC. AD the Roman emperor Julius Caesar decided that January 1 would be the New Year's Day.The name of the month in January just Janus, the god of doors and openings. Janus has two faces, one facing forward (the future), the other backward (the past). Later and during the reign of Emperor of the West Charles I, called the Great or Charlemagne, the year began at Christmas, December 25th. Time of the Capetian kings, the year began on Easter Sunday. It is only since 1622 that the new year is again set at 1 January. An action taken by the Pope who serves primarily to simplify the calendar of religious holidays.

Most passengers of a flight

The largest number of enplaned passengers in the same flight was recorded in 1991 during Operation Solomon evacuation of Ethiopian Jews from Addis Ababa in Jerusalem. A Boeing 747 passengers boarded in 1222 (recorded more babies in 1087) is about 3 times its usual capacity! Obviously, no one wearing a seat belt at the time!

In India, the ox of “Big Mac” is replaced by chicken!

In the Hindu religion, the cow is regarded as a crowned animal, it is indeed seen in India like a “universal Mother”, this animal represents the sacredness of all the creatures, it is the symbol of the feeder and protective mother owing to the fact that it gives her milk to all, even to those which are not its calves. the cows are free to circulate in the streets of India and even on the motorways, it is not rare to see them stopping the road traffic. For that, the Western signs as McDonald's put on sale a sandwich respecting the Hindu culture, the ox of “Big Mac” is replaced by chicken and the sandwich is sold under name “Chicken Maharaja Mac”

At the 19th century, in Great Britain, a suicide attempt was punished by hanging

Christianity a long time regarded the suicide as a sin. Historically in the Christian churches, people who tried to commit suicide were excommunicated.

At the end of the 19th century in Great Britain, a suicide attempt was regarded as an attempted murder and could be punished by hanging.

Today, neither the United States nor Europe regards the suicide attempt as a crime, even if in the United States there could be penalties for those which try this act.

The members of a sect in India eat deaths!

“Aghori” is a sect Hindu woman which is mainly in India. The members of this sect are known for their extreme deviation of the typical Hindu religious standards and the Indian social norms.

One their primary beliefs is that the spiritual illumination can be reached only when one is able to conquer the fear of death. Thus, when one as of their dies they eat it, they use human skulls like bowls and they eat the late flarings on the funerary bûchers.