December 13 would’ve been just Taylor Swift’s birthday, but now that the 13th falls on a Friday, the Christmas-spirited month ...

In the 18th Century BC, the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon codified the death penalty for twenty five different crimes, although murder was not one of them. The first death sentence ...

It's a date that has spurned superstitious attitudes since the Middle Ages. But just how rare is it? And what does its rarity signify?Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in ...

We know of Babylon, one of the world's earliest splendid cities. We know of Hammurabi, whose Code of Laws numbers among one ...

Thirteen has a negative association due to its historical roots. The Code of Hammurabi, a Babylonian legal code, according to History, contains one of the earliest beliefs that Friday the 13th ...