It's Friday the 13th...Again: Check Out Our Friday the 13th Facts, Notable Deaths, and Superstitions

Today marks the third Friday the 13th of 2012.

There was January 13, April 13 and today, July 13 … each are exactly 13 weeks a part … freaky huh?

How does that make you feel? A little superstitious?

For the fun of things here are some fun facts about Friday the 13th from Live Science:

• The association with bad luck may be biblical. The 13h guest at the Last Supper betrayed Jesus.
• The fear of 13 is far and wide, hotels and hospitals often skip the 13th floor, and sometimes airports omit the 13th gate. (Have you ever seen this?)
• Alfred Hitchcock would have been 100 years old on Friday, Aug. 13, 1999.
• President Franklin Roosevelt was said to avoid traveling on the 13th of any month.

You might know a few people who died on Friday the 13th:

• Benny Goodman - June 13, 1986
• Tupac Shakur - Sept. 13, 1996
• Julia Child  - Aug. 13, 2004
• Tim Russert - Aug. 13, 2010

Just this year there have been some pretty crazy and scary events happening on Friday the 13th:

• On Jan. 13, the Costa Concordia cruise ship sank in front of the island of Isola del Giglio killing 32 people.
• On April 13, an earthquake hit Palermo, Sicily, in Italy.
• On April 13, a tornado hit Oklahoma.

OK, that's enough to scare you into staying home, right?

No? OK, here's a list of 14 (because you can't do 13) things to avoid on Friday the 13th from the Chicago Tribune.