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Tomorrow is June 6, 2006 - 06/06/06. Spurred on by the release of the remake of The Omen, there's a lot of talk about "666," a.k.a. "The Mark of the Beast." As this article points out, it's not universally accepted that The Mark of the Beast is, in fact, 666. As I was taught in college, the mark is actually "616," a numerical representation of the Roman emperor Nero. Of course, it lacks the pzizazz of "666," and wouldn't sound as good being belted out by Bruce Dickinson or, for that matter, Peter Gabriel.

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