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POLL: What Does Friday the 13th Mean To You?

If your superstitious or just believe in bad and good luck, today, Friday the 13th can be special or just another day to you.

There was the movie "Friday the 13th."

Then there was the book and movie about the Knights Templar connecting to Friday the 13th in "The Da Vinci Code."

And then there is the age old tradition or should we say superstition and fears that come with the date of 13 on a Friday.

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Supposedly millions of people have been diagnosed with friggatriskaidekaphobia or fear of Friday the 13th.

Whether you tend to be a little skittish on the day, throw salt over your shoulder or avoid black cats and ladders the date doesn't come around very often.

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There are only three years on record in which there have been three Friday the 13ths and, guess what, 2012 is one of them!

The others are 1984 and 1998. In 2012, Friday the 13th has happened in January, April and now July. Those were the same months in 1984, but in 1998 Friday the 13th fell in February, March and November.

What do you believe? Do you think Friday the 13th is lucky or unlucky? Or maybe you just don't believe in it at all.

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