Friday 25 March 2011

Useless Fact of the week.



Believe it or not but there is actually a phobia for the number 666 and believe it or not the name of this phobia is Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia (Don't bother trying to pronounce it, it is impossible). But as crazy as it is to have a fear of a number, 666 has been linked to the "devil" (which originated in the bible, which indicated that it was the number of the "beast") and people with this fear will actually go to great lengths to avoid anything related to the number 666.



45 comments:

  1. my god what has science done :(

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  2. what is this i dont even...

    some people make me lose faith in humanity

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  3. i always strive to get my fast food meals at exactly $6.66.

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  4. I not even superstitious and I still am afraid of getting 666 anywhere.

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  5. I am so afeared of that number I clicked 'comment' as soon as I could because I knew it would come off the screen. Now I need to suck my thumb for a little while. k.

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  6. "I've got 666 problems but a bitch ain't one"
    hum... wait.. wat ?

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  7. i literally am making sure my fb friend # is 666...not only that but i friggen love that number. its boss

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  8. Is this proof that some believers are actually more or less mentally deranged?

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  9. That's silly. I'm not afraid of any number.

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  10. Well as stupid as this phobia sounds, there are people afraid of Peanut butter. so im not surprised that this exists. Humanity is lost.

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  11. Its latin for sixhundredsixtenssixunitsfear no spaces because thats what english does

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  12. There really is a phobia for everything

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  13. yes there was this cow lady who used to come into the sub shop i used to work at who ordered the same thing every time and it always cost $6.66, and she would always freak out and say charge her more. what a stupid bitch. 666 is a code early christians came up with to refer to the emperor nero. it has never referred to anyone or anything else than that one person.

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  14. My lock combination for my bike is 666...

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  15. I'm not gonna lie I do try and avoid 666

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  16. in tf2, anything numbered 666 is worth like $750 USD in real life...it's kinda insane.

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  17. Well i've never encountered a bill of 6.66 But i don't think i would be afraid of it xD

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  18. hahah wow, i wish i could pronounce that so i could tell people i'm scared of it :p

    another fun fact, I saw a slipknot poster on some kids wall like 6 years ago that said 'if you're 555 then i'm 666' which doesn't make sense at all, why would someone be '555' ? lol

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  19. I've known it for a long time and I pronounced it ;)

    Following

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  20. Yeah, there is a similar fear, of the number 13

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  21. But I seriously know people with Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia, because Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is a legit fear, and sometimes when Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia strikes, Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobists really got a problem

    Just kidding I cannot even type that word I just copied it xD

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  22. Interesting. How very very interesting. Can't seem to imagine someone being afraid of a set of numbers. It's probably linked to the fact that it is the supposed devils number. EVERYONES AFRAID OF HIM!

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  23. But it's just a number...

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  24. loled, those crazy phobias man

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  25. hey ya loyal bastard, cool blog!

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  26. strange, it wont harm you i promise

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  27. I like how some people actually think that 666 is a mistranslation and it's a different number the bible is referring to.

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  28. This doesnt surprise me one bit. There are millions of phobias out there that really dont make sense why people are afraid of them,

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  29. I've got a phobia that a duck is watching me!

    But yeah, I've seen a doco on the number 666. It's funny because you just know that it's only messing with people because they want it to (believe it's cursed).

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  30. can't wait till the next time it's the 6th of the 6th some year that ends in 6 so we can get the next remake of the omen :\

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  31. lol ok, I only knew the phobia of a duck watching you.

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  32. Crazy people doing crazy things :)

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  33. LOL crazy shit

    bigunicorn.blogspot.com

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