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13
Curated entry for 13.
Numerological root
1+3=4
4
— the builder
readings
Cultural — the named echo
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Triskaidekaphobia
Western unlucky number. Friday the 13th, missing 13th floors in Western hotels and high-rises; the 13th guest at the Last Supper.
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Lucky in Italy
Particularly in matters of love — the opposite of 17, which is the unlucky number there.
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Apollo 13
April 1970. Oxygen-tank rupture en route to the Moon; crew returned safely. 'Houston, we've had a problem.'
Major — the phonetic cipher
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time, item, team, tom, theme, atom
consonant skeleton t·d·m — 20 candidates in the dictionary