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Google Confirms Lennon: Beatles Are More Popular Than Jesus


It only took 40 years, but it seems that John Lennon's 1966 comment that The Beatles were more popular than Jesus has actually been statistically validated. According to the Telegraph, data from Google trends, a site which determines Google's most popular search terms, indicated that in early September the number of 'Beatles' queries rocketed past those for 'Jesus.'

That surge in interest unsurprisingly coincided with the release of digitally remastered Beatles albums and the highly anticipated sale of 'The Beatles: Rock Band' video game. The Beatles Googlemania seems to have subsided, though, since Jesus has apparently regained His spot ahead of the Fab Four. Hopefully, the band's Google ascension won't lead to a McCarthyistic backlash of 1966 proportions. Since you can't really have a Google burning, it would be a terrible waste if people were to start chunking their expensive computers and video games onto Beatles bonfires. [From: The Telegraph]

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