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Friday the 13th
Today is Friday the 13th, widely acknowledged as the unluckiest of days in the United States. But while the origins of the superstition are hard to pin down, the principles for writing the date are not. Just as you spell out one through nine and use numerals for 10 and higher, you do the same for ordinals. So it's first place and Friday the 13th.
For some people, Friday the 13th represents a bad day for business. For others, it’s simply a great day to get a sweet deal on a new tattoo. For all of us, it's still Friday. TGIF!
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