Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia: Fear of the number 666, because of its connection to the Beast in Revelation 13:18.
I avoid the number 666 about two-thirds of the time (that’s a mathematical pun).
I file this tidbit under the “Strange World” category, not because some people fear the number 666. That’s silly, but not necessarily strange. What’s strange is that somebody strung together a name for this fear. I feel a case of hippopotomonstrosesquippedalio coming on.
Here’s some more Beastly Mathematics for the brave of heart:
665: Number of the Beast’s older brother
333: Number of the Beast’s half-brother
668: Next-door neighbor of the Beast
66.6: Number of the Mini-Beast
0.666: Number of the Millibeast
999: Number of the Australian Beast
Phillips 666: Gasoline of the Beast
Windows 666: Bill Gates’ personal Beast
666 Minutes: Popular weekly news show of the Beast
$665.95: Retail price of the Beast
$669.25: Price of the Beast plus 5% sales tax
$766.25: Price of the Beast with 6-year, 66,000-mile extended warranty
Route 666: Highway of the Beast
666º F: Oven temperature for Roast Beast
666@hell.org: E-mail address of the Beast
$666/hr: Billing rate of the Beast (Oops, that’s wrong. That’s the billing rate of one of the attorneys down the hall).
There’s more: http://catholic-resources.org/Bible/666.htm – if you’re not afraid to click on such a terrifying URL.
