1001/Historical Note
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Historical Note on $1001$ (One Thousand and One)
The most important cultural significance of the number $1001$ occurs in the collection of medieval Arabic folk tales known as One Thousand and One Nights.
The specific significance of the number $1001$ derives from the poetically rhetorical device: a surprisingly large number ($1000$) and then some (and $1$).