Many ancient cultures avoided number 13 because they believed it brought bad luck., In China the number 4 sounds like the word for death, so it’s often considered unlucky., Hotels sometimes skip room number 17 or number 4 to avoid bad omens., When Americans type their phone number, they often say it in chunks to make it easier: six three zero – five one two – nine nine eight four., He read the year 1914 as nineteen fourteen rather than one nine one four., In Japan you might see a building labelled 103 because they skipped the number 4., She changed her flight time from 13:30 to 14:00 because she felt uncomfortable with the number 13., They refused to sell the licence plate with 6666 because the number 6 repeated four times is considered unlucky in that region.,

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