Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for May 17, 2014

Hmm. The primary Marvel Comics universe is Earth 616. Coincidence?

Not the number of the devil, but the number of the Antichrist. And was that papyrus even in Aramaic? Come on…

Not 666? Boy, is THAT gonna upset a lot of heavy metal bands’ apple carts!

Only one ear? And on its chest? Well, I suppose stereo headphones are out as a birthday present.

i thought he was peeing on the mantis, sorry

John Holmes was worshipped for similar reasons…

Finally! My phone prefix is safe to use again!

Knowledge that the original number could be “616” instead of “666” is a lot older than 2005. Writers as early as the second century mention it.

The NT was originally written, and spoken, in Aramaic.

616… the area code for Grand Rapids, Michigan and much of the West-Central area of the state.. who’d a figured….

Area code 616 is the area code for the Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Holland – Grand Haven metropolitan areas, which includes Kent, Ionia and Ottawa counties, and parts of neighboring counties.

-Wikipedia

@Donkey Hotey Donkey Hotey said, about 19 hours ago

@TruckDriverFritz“I suppose the 616 area code has to be somewhere if it exists now doesn’t it? Why would anyone “a figured”?”

That’s you,right? You were curious if it existed,now you not only know that it does,but where. You’re welcome.

There is a legend that Matthew was originally written in Aramaic, but I know of no solid reason to believe that anything else was written in any language other than Greek, although some parts involve conversations and speeches that well may originally have been spoken in Aramaic, or Hebrew, or maybe even Latin. At that time, Greek was as ordinary as English is on the Internet. (Latin was growing, but outside Italy it was still the new kid on the block.) If you wanted to be read, Greek was the language you used.