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'''616''' (''six hundred sixteen'' in [[American English]], ''six hundred and sixteen'' elsewhere) is believed by some to have been the original [[Number of the Beast]] in the [[Book of Revelation]] in the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Bible]]. Different early versions of the Book of Revelation gave different numbers, and [[666 (number)|666]] had been widely accepted as the original number. In 2005, however, a fragment of [[papyrus]] was revealed, containing the earliest known version of that part of the Book of Revelation discussing the Number of the Beast. It gave the number as 616, suggesting that this may have been the original. <ref>[http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/POxy/beast616.htm The Other Number of the Beast]</ref> This caused [[Peter Sagal]] on the USA's [[National Public Radio]] program ''[[Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!]]'' to quip that [[Hell]] must be in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]], as Grand Rapids' [[telephone numbering plan|area code]] is 616. 666 remains the most widely ''recognized'' number, however. |
'''616''' (''six hundred sixteen'' in [[American English]], ''six hundred and sixteen'' elsewhere) is believed by some to have been the original [[Number of the Beast]] in the [[Book of Revelation]] in the [[Christianity|Christian]] [[Bible]]. Different early versions of the Book of Revelation gave different numbers, and [[666 (number)|666]] had been widely accepted as the original number. In 2005, however, a fragment of [[papyrus]] was revealed, containing the earliest known version of that part of the Book of Revelation discussing the Number of the Beast. It gave the number as 616, suggesting that this may have been the original. <ref>[http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/POxy/beast616.htm The Other Number of the Beast]</ref> This caused [[Peter Sagal]] on the USA's [[National Public Radio]] program ''[[Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!]]'' to quip that [[Hell]] must be in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]], as Grand Rapids' [[telephone numbering plan|area code]] is 616. 666 remains the most widely ''recognized'' number, however. |
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616 is a member of the [[Padovan sequence]], coming after 265, 351, 465 (it is the sum of the first two of these). 616 is a [[polygonal number]] in four different ways: it is a [[heptagonal number]], as well as 13-, 31- and 104-gonal. |
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* 616 is a [[polygonal number]] in four different ways: it is a [[heptagonal number]], as well as 13-, 31- and 104-gonal. |
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==In Comic Books== |
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Revision as of 00:30, 13 July 2007
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| 616 | |
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| Cardinal | Six hundred and sixteen |
| Ordinal | 616th |
| Factorization | |
| Roman numeral | DCXVI |
| Binary | 1001101000 |
| Hexadecimal | 268 |
| Base32 | J8 |
| Base36 | H4 |
616 (six hundred sixteen in American English, six hundred and sixteen elsewhere) is believed by some to have been the original Number of the Beast in the Book of Revelation in the Christian Bible. Different early versions of the Book of Revelation gave different numbers, and 666 had been widely accepted as the original number. In 2005, however, a fragment of papyrus was revealed, containing the earliest known version of that part of the Book of Revelation discussing the Number of the Beast. It gave the number as 616, suggesting that this may have been the original. [1] This caused Peter Sagal on the USA's National Public Radio program Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! to quip that Hell must be in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as Grand Rapids' area code is 616. 666 remains the most widely recognized number, however.
In mathematics
616 is a member of the Padovan sequence, coming after 265, 351, 465 (it is the sum of the first two of these). 616 is a polygonal number in four different ways: it is a heptagonal number, as well as 13-, 31- and 104-gonal.
In Comic Books
- Earth-616 is the name used to identify the primary continuity in which most Marvel Comics titles take place.