Factoid...

A recent "Futility Closet" post noted that:

the polynomial x^2 – 2999x + 2248541 produces 80 primes from x = 1460 to 1539

...more on the topic here:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/38223320/Computational-Data-On-x-2-%E2%80%93-2999x-2248541