Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "13 (thirteen /θɜːrˈtiːn/) is the natural number following 12 and preceding 14.In spoken English, the numbers 13 and 30 are often confused. When carefully enunciated, they differ in which syllable is stressed: 13 /θərˈtiːn/ vs. 30 /ˈθɜːrti/. However, in dates such as 1300 (\"thirteen hundred\") or when contrasting numbers in the teens, such as 13, 14, 15, the stress shifts to the first syllable: 13 /ˈθɜːrtiːn/.Strikingly similar folkloric aspects of the number 13 have been noted in various cultures around the world: one theory is that this is due to the cultures employing lunar-solar calendars (there are approximately 12.41 lunations per solar year, and hence 12 \"true months\" plus a smaller, and often portentous, thirteenth month). This can be witnessed, for example, in the \"Twelve Days of Christmas\" of Western European tradition."@en }
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- 13_(number) abstract "13 (thirteen /θɜːrˈtiːn/) is the natural number following 12 and preceding 14.In spoken English, the numbers 13 and 30 are often confused. When carefully enunciated, they differ in which syllable is stressed: 13 /θərˈtiːn/ vs. 30 /ˈθɜːrti/. However, in dates such as 1300 (\"thirteen hundred\") or when contrasting numbers in the teens, such as 13, 14, 15, the stress shifts to the first syllable: 13 /ˈθɜːrtiːn/.Strikingly similar folkloric aspects of the number 13 have been noted in various cultures around the world: one theory is that this is due to the cultures employing lunar-solar calendars (there are approximately 12.41 lunations per solar year, and hence 12 \"true months\" plus a smaller, and often portentous, thirteenth month). This can be witnessed, for example, in the \"Twelve Days of Christmas\" of Western European tradition.".