The Quite Incredible Number List: 601-700
| 601 | 601 was the error message displayed by the computer in the 1971 movie "The Andromeda Strain". It indicated an information overload when attempting to analyze the organism. | bemahan |
| 602 | The IBM 602 Calculating Punch, introduced in 1946, was IBM's first machine that was capable of division. | GuyBarry |
| 603 | The Daimler-Benz DB 603 was a 44-litre inverted V-12 liquid-cooled aero engine developed in a variety of guises (single and two-stage superchargers, turbocharged and turbo-compounded, and in coupled-pair engine units) from the middle of WW2. Power varied from around 1600 to 2000bhp (3500-4000bhp for the couple-pair units). In many respects it was analogous to the Napier Sabre, Rolls Royce Vulture and Bristol Centaurus engines developed in the UK in that it was developed to meet the predicted needs of the next generation of aircraft whose performance needs would have outgrown the development potential of the existing engines. Unlike most of the British 2nd-generation high-performance engines it ratined the use of overhead camshafts and poppet valves rather than moving to Sleeve Valves, rendering it both heavier and draggier than the British equivalents. | PDR |
| 604 | The A604 is possibly the most important road that you won't find on any recent map. It ran for about 90 miles across East Anglia, from Kettering in Northamptonshire to Harwich in Essex, and was a major route from the Midlands to the East Coast ports. But from the 1970s onwards sections of it were gradually renumbered, and by 1998 it had completely disappeared. One section of it (including part of the Roman Via Devana) was incorporated into the new A14, which took over as the main route to the East Coast. In total it took about eight different numbers. | GuyBarry |
| 605 | In United Nations Security Council resolution 605, adopted on 22 December 1987, after hearing from a representative from South Yemen and recalling the Geneva Conventions and Security Council resolutions 446 (1979), 465 (1980), 497 (1981) and 592 (1986), the Council condemned Israel for violating the human rights of the Palestinian people and in particular the opening of fire and killing of students in the first few weeks of the First Intifada. | bemahan |
| 606 | 606 (or Six-O-Six) is BBC Radio 5 Live's weekly football phone-in, traditionally broadcast at 6.06pm. It's one of the few programmes still running that originated on the original BBC Radio 5 (a defunct sport and education network). | GuyBarry |
| 607 | In Star Trek, the Echo Papa 607 was an advanced weapon system developed by the arms dealers of Minos. Intended to be a complete weapon of war, the Echo Papa 607 was able to automatically send out small drones to gather intelligence, take prisoners, and mount attacks. The main advantage of the system was its progressive adaptability; each time a drone was destroyed, data on enemy equipment and tactics was returned to the parent system and a new drone was manufactured which improved on the previous model, countering the enemy's abilities. The process of analyzing each encounter and replacing a drone took only twelve minutes and through this method the drones quickly became impossible to stop. | chrisboote |
| 608 | The 608 series is the commonest standard size of ball bearing. | GuyBarry |
| 609 | The AW609, formerly the BA609, is a rather funny looking aircraft that can fly as either an aeroplane or a helicopter. | Webster100 |
| 610 | Developed in 1957, the IBM 610 Auto-Point Computer was the first personal computer. | GuyBarry |
| 611 | 611 is the customer service number for T-Mobile in the United States. | Ed., based on Strawberry |
| 612 | 612 kHz is the frequency of ABC Radio Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. | Awitt |
| 613 | There are 613 commandments in the Torah. | chrisboote |
| 614 | ...although the Jewish philosopher Emil Fackenheim proposed a 614th commandment: "Do not give Hitler posthumous victories". | GuyBarry |
| 615 | RAF Kenley is the home of the 615 Volunteer Gliding Squadron. | bemahan |
| 616 | 616 is an alternative value for the Number of the Beast, now more generally taken to be 666. | GuyBarry |
| 617 | Earth-617 is a universe from which Spiderman originates. | bemahan |
| 618 | To three decimal places, 0.618 is an approximation to the reciprocal of the golden ratio. (The golden ratio is defined as the number that is exactly one more than its reciprocal, so approximately 1.618.) | GuyBarry |
| 619 | No. 619 Squadron RAF were a heavy bomber squadron during the Second World War, flying Lancaster bombers from bases in Lincolnshire. | Strawberry |
| 620 | 620 film was a type of camera film manufactured by Kodak between 1932 and 1995. | GuyBarry |
| 621 | The USS Haddock (SSN-621) was a nuclear-powered submarine launched in 1966 and decommissioned in 1993. | Strawberry |
| 622 | The road number A622 has been allocated twice: originally for the road from Bakewell to Hathersage in Derbyshire (now mainly B6001), and later as a provisional number for the Haslingden bypass in Lancashire (now part of the A56). The number is not currently in use. | GuyBarry |
| 623 | North American area code 623 is a state of Arizona telephone area code which was created in a split from area code 602 on April 1, 1999, when it was deemed that the Greater Phoenix metropolitan area could no longer continue with just one area code due to its explosive growth in the 1990s. | Strawberry |
| 624 | 624 is the smallest number with the property that its first five multiples contain the digit 2: 624, 1248, 1872, 2496 and 3120. | GuyBarry |
| 625 | 625 lines is a late 1940s European analogue standard-definition television resolution standard, first used in the UK for BBC2 in 1964. | Ed. |
| 626 | The last work in Köchel's catalogue of the works of Mozart is the Requiem in D Minor (K. 626), famously left unfinished at the composer's death in 1791. | GuyBarry |
| 627 | A pill with the imprint AN 627 is the drug Tramadol hydrochloride (50 mg), which is used in the treatment of pain. | Strawberry |
| 628 | The physicist Michael Hartl has proposed replacing the mathematical constant pi (approximately 3.14...) with what he calls "tau", equal to 2 x pi (or approximately 6.28...). As a result, some people now advocate celebrating Tau Day on the 28th of June every year, or "6/28" in American date format. | GuyBarry |
| 629 | United Airlines Flight 629, registration N37559, was a Douglas DC-6B aircraft, named "Mainliner Denver," which was blown up with a dynamite bomb placed in the checked luggage. The explosion occurred over Longmont, Colorado while the aeroplane was en route from Denver, Colorado to Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington, on November 1, 1955. All 39 passengers and five crew members on board were killed in the explosion and crash. Investigators determined that Jack Gilbert Graham was responsible for bombing the aeroplane to kill his mother and obtain a large life insurance policy on her. Graham was tried, convicted and executed for his crime. | Strawberry |
| 630 | The South West Coast Path is perhaps the UK’s ultimate challenge for the long distance hiker - a 630-mile adventure around the coastline of the southwest peninsula. | bemahan |
| 631 | Researchers "estimate that there are 631 Asian elephants living in Taman Nagara National Park- a 4,343 square kilometre (1,676 square mile) protected area in the centre of Peninsula Malaysia... The team counted elephant dung piles to estimate population size- a scientifically proven technique that produces accurate figures". Wildlife Conservation Society press release; January 14, 2009. | Strawberry |
| 632 | 0141 632 6326 is the title of the fourth album by Scottish rock band Gun. This used to be a number you could call to hear news about the band but subsequently became the number of a driving school in Glasgow. | GuyBarry |
| 633 | 633 Squadron was a 1964 British film that depicted the exploits of a fictional Second World War fighter-bomber squadron. | Strawberry |
| 634 | 634-5789 is a soul song originally recorded in 1965 by Wilson Pickett. | GuyBarry |
| 635 | Disodium 5-ribonucleotides, E number 635, is a flavour enhancer which is synergistic with glutamates in creating the taste of umami. It is a 1: 1 mixture of disodium guanylate (GMP) and is often used where a food already contains natural glutamates (as in meat extracts) or added monosodium glutamate (MSG). It is primarily used in flavoured noodles, snack foods, crackers, sauces and fast foods. It is produced by combining the sodium salts of the natural compounds guanylic acid (E626) and inosinic acid (E630). | Strawberry |
| 636 | It was reported in May 2013 that 636 council officials now earn more than the Prime Minister. | GuyBarry |
| 637 | The Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki is chapter 637 of the Naruto manga. | Strawberry |
| 638 | The A638 is a road that has effectively doubled in length over its lifetime. It originally ran from Odsal Top, Bradford, to Redhouse, north-west of Doncaster. But when the A1(M) Doncaster Bypass was opened in the early 60s, and another section of the A1 was rerouted to bypass Retford, the A638 took over the old A1 (Great North Road) route from Redhouse to Markham Moor in Nottinghamshire, adding a further 28 miles or so. (A short section near Bradford has subsequently been declassified.) | GuyBarry |
| 639 | The John Cage Organ Project’s version of ORGAN2 /ASLSP will last for 639 years. It began on 5 September 2001 – what would have been Cage’s 89th birthday – and is scheduled to end on 5 September 2640. As the performance started, there wasn’t much to see or hear, because it began with a 17-month-long rest. Since then, notes have been added to or subtracted from the organ’s powerful drone 12 times. | bemahan |
| 640 | There are 640 acres in a square mile - one of those facts that everyone used to learn at school once but hardly anyone needs to know any more. | GuyBarry |
| 641 | 641 is the Dewey decimal number for library books on food and drink. | Awitt |
| 642 | 642 is the smallest number with the property that its first six multiples include the digit 2 (cf. #624): 642, 1284, 1926, 2568, 3210 and 3852. | GuyBarry |
| 643 | #643 on Neil Pasricha's list of 1000 Awesome Things is the sound of steaks hitting a hot grill. | bemahan |
| 644 | 644 is one of the commnonest permission settings for files in the UNIX operating system for public folders. It means that the owner can read and write the file or directory and other users can only read it. | chrisboote |
| 645 | UK Parliament Early day motion 645, tabled: 29.10.2013 and sponsored by George Galloway, states: "that this House notes that the Qatari poet, Muhammad ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami, has now served two years of a 15 year sentence for allegedly criticising the Qatari government in the wake of the Arab Spring; believes that this is an outrageous sentence to impose for the exercise of freedom of speech; calls on the Qatari government to free Mr al-Ajami; and calls on the Government to make urgent representations to the Qatari government calling for his release". | bemahan |
| 646 | During the 2005-10 parliament, there were 646 seats in the House of Commons. | GuyBarry |
| 647 | Tremont 647 was a restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts, which closed in 2018. | Strawberry |
| 648 | From 1978 until 2011, the BBC World Service was broadcast to north-western Europe (and could be received in parts of south-east England) on 648 kHz medium wave. The frequency is now used for Radio Caroline, a revival of the 60s pirate station. | GuyBarry |
| 649 | Gliese 649 is a red dwarf star in the constellation of Hercules. | Strawberry |
| 650 | There are currently 650 seats in the House of Commons. | GuyBarry |
| 651 | According to publicity, "the BA651 series represents a real innovation in the world of scrubber/dryers and a concrete added value for cleaning professionals." | chrisboote |
| 652 | Form VAT 652 is used to notify HMRC of any previous errors in VAT returns. | GuyBarry |
| 653 | ARINC 653 is a software specification for space and time partitioning in safety-critical avionics real-time operating systems. | Strawberry |
| 654 | 6-5-4 (also known as Ship, Captain, Crew) is a dice game that is pretty much pure luck. | GuyBarry |
| 655 | Iran Air Flight 655 was an airliner shot down by U.S. missiles in 1988 toward the end of the Iran-Iraq war. | Strawberry |
| 656 | In the original (1906) edition of the English Hymnal, there were 656 hymns. | GuyBarry |
| 657 | Explorer 657 is a navigational device. | Awitt |
| 658 | There are 658 triangles of any size contained in the triangle of side 13 on a triangular grid. | GuyBarry |
| 659 | Delta Flight 659 is a poem by American poet Denise Duhamel. Each line ends in a word containing 'pen'. | bemahan |
| 660 | The Angler's Hotel, Miami is at 660 Washington Avenue. | tetsabb |
| 661 | 661 dots can be arranged in the shape of a six-pointed star with 11 dots along each side. | GuyBarry |
| 662 | 662 Bodyboard Shop is an online shop for bodyboards. | Awitt |
| 663 | As of May 2011, Skype had 663 million global users. | GuyBarry |
| 664 | SPACEWARN Bulletin is a monthly publication of the National Space Science Data Center/World Data Center for Satellite Information. Number 664 mentions the collision, on 10 February 2009, between an Iridium and a Cosmos communications satellites. | chrisboote |
| 665 | The Priddy Sheep Fair in Somerset was first held in 1348 and last held in 2013, 665 years later. It was only cancelled three times in its history. | GuyBarry |
| 666 | 666 is often referred to as the number of the beast, in the Biblical book of Revelation. | Awitt |
| 667 | Noble Vines 667 Pinot Noir is a wine from Monterey, California. | GuyBarry |
| 668 | In 2012, poachers killed 668 rhinos in South Africa, mainly in the Kruger National Park, which houses the world's largest population of white rhino. | bemahan |
| 669 | Unit 669 of the Israeli Defence Forces performs medical evacuations by helicopter. | GuyBarry |
| 670 | In November 2013, the SNP published a 670-page white paper which they claimed would answer all those nagging questions over the fine details of independence. | Alfred E Neuman |
| 671 | The COMMELL LV-671 is an all-in-one industrial compact Pentium M level Mini-ITX platform that has been optimized to support the Intel Pentium M processor running at 2000+ MHz. | chrisboote |
| 672 | 672 is listed as the "country code" for Antarctica, even though Antarctica isn't a country. It was originally the code assigned by Australia to its overseas territories (Norfolk Island and the Australian Antarctic Territory), and has been adopted by the International Telecommunications Union for the whole continent to allow easy communication between the various research stations. | GuyBarry |
| 673 | Brother used to produce a pocket jet 673 mobile printer, however the line is now discontinued. | Awitt |
| 674 | Germany's Bundesbank repatriated 674 tonnes of gold from vaults in Paris and New York between 2013 and 2016 to restore public confidence in the safety of Germany's reserves. | GuyBarry |
| 675 | 675 is the international dialling format for Papua New Guinea. | Awitt |
| 676 | 676 is the smallest palindromic perfect square that is not the square of another palindromic number (being equal to 262). | GuyBarry |
| 677 | 677 Aaltje is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. | knightmare |
| 678 | 678 is a film which tells the poignant story of three women and their search for justice from the daily plight of sexual harassment in Egypt. | Efros |
| 679 | No. 679 Squadron RAF was an anti-aircraft co-operation squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. | Awitt |
| 680 | The original Buddhist temple of Yakushi-ji was built in Fujiwara-kyō, Japan's capital in the Asuka period, commissioned by Emperor Temmu in AD 680 to pray for recovery from illness for his consort, who succeeded him as Empress Jitō. | GuyBarry |
| 681 | In the Dewey Decimal classification system, 681 is for "Precision instruments & other devices". | chrisboote |
| 682 | 682 is a human gene, called BSG basigin. The protein encoded by it is important for spermatogenesis and embryo implantation. | Awitt |
| 683 | The Terex Finlay 683 is a screening machine for gravel, sand etc. | Big Martin |
| 684 | The 684th Fibonacci number is divisible by 684. | GuyBarry |
| 685 | 685 is the telephone code for Samoa. | Awitt |
| 686 | UN Security Council Resolution 686, passed on 2 March 1991, noted the suspension of military activities against Iraq and demanded that Iraq rescind its actions regarding the annexation of Kuwait. | GuyBarry |
| 687 | 687! = 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x ... x 684 x 685 x 686 x 687 is a number of 1653 digits, containing the string "687" three times and 331 zeroes. | knightmare |
| 688 | The US Navy's 688 class fast-attack submarines are the most numerous class of nuclear submarines built to date, some 62 having been built since their introduction in 1976. Also known as the "Los Angeles" class (because naval ship classes are often known for the first of the class - in this case the USS Los Angeles) they represented a change of tradition in US Navy submarine naming - prior to this class US Submarines were named after fish, whereas they have since been named for US cities (a political move at the time to gain congressional support for submarine acquisitions). Similarly the ballistic missile submarines built since this change have all been named for US States for much the same reason. 688 class submarines have featured extensively in popular culture, especially the Tom Clancy books/films. | PDR |
| 689 | 689 is a "strobogrammatic number", which is just a fancy way of saying that it looks the same upside down. | GuyBarry |
| 690 | ISO 690 is an ISO standard for bibliographic referencing in documents of all sorts. | Awitt |
| 691 | The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem is believed to have been completed in 691 AD. | chrisboote |
| 692 | 692 feet is the height of this Burj hotel tennis court, with Federer and Agassi. | knightmare |
| 693 | 693 kHz is one of the medium wave frequencies used by BBC Radio 5 Live. | GuyBarry |
| 694 | The Maypole 694 3 Piece Snow Shovel Kit is available from a certain internet shop at a knock down price. | Big Martin |
| 695 | On Wednesday, the 18th of March, 1925, 695 people died in the Great Tri-State Tornado, the deadliest tornado in U.S. history. | Strawberry |
| 696 | 696 is a palindrome, and 696 x (696 + 8) is also a palindrome (489,984). | Ed. |
| 697 | If you're travelling from Newcastle to Edinburgh, it's actually quicker and more direct to take the A697 than the A1, which mostly follows the coast. It leaves the A1 at Morpeth and runs via Coldstream to the A68 at Oxton, south-east of Edinburgh. | GuyBarry |
| 698 | Amaura is Pokémon number 698. | Strawberry |
| 699 | President Obama delivered 699 speeches using a teleprompter during his first term of office. | GuyBarry |
| 700 | WLW is a clear channel talk radio station located in Cincinnati, Ohio, run by Clear Channel Communications. The station broadcasts locally on 700 kHz AM. | Strawberry |
