Trivia Junction

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666

Number of the Beast addresses how the number came to be regarded with such disrepute; or should that be 616 that's feared?

The irrationality over the number is so great that New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson pushed through a change of U.S. Highway 666 due to its "infamy brought by the inopportune naming of the road."

It's now known as U.S. Highway 491. Americans laugh at "primitive" and "superstitious" people, then tremble in fear over an arbitrary number.

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