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A few other memorable primes:

https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2420488/what-is-tri...

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https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/146017/output-t...

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https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/a9544e/merry_christma...

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jmward0101/21/2025

These are great! I wonder if Carl Sagan knew about them when writing Contact. The movie doesn't go into the part of the book that is relevant here (trying to avoid spoilers but if you read the book you know!)

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noman-land01/22/2025

These are so cool.