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#666 Geometria

  Fun Fact #666 An Orchard of Trouble (Geometria) When it comes to finding cool facts, one rabbit hole you can easily get lost in is the subject of “Geometria” or systems where your Lettering system is used as your numbering system. Surprisingly this hasn't been that uncommon in history but the most famous use is the case in the Bible where 666 is used as the sign of the beast. (Interestingly however that's not where 666 comes from, but rather the fact that  6 is associated with Man and all their flaws in the Bible, and sets of 3 means to be completely given to. Thus the number 666 would mean being completely given over to The Flaws of Man that is to say Sin.) Yet Geometria goes beyond just old numeral systems. Instead it is still used by many modern governments and groups to hide messages in times of need (famously the Jews used this to get word out about Concentration camps in WW2). Indeed some places even go so far as to create multiple different Geometria Systems so as to ...

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