Number Gossip
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Unique Properties of 13
- 13 is widely known as the unlucky number (it also happens to be a Lucky number)
- 13 is the smallest prime which is not a minimal prime
- Three planes can cut a donut into a maximum of 13 parts
- 13 is the smallest prime which can be represented as sum of two primes (i.e., 2 + 11) as well as sum of two composite numbers (i.e., 9 + 4)
- 13 is the smallest emirp
- 13 is the smallest prime whose sum of digits is square
- 13 is the number of Archimedian solids
- Unreasoned fear of the number 13 is termed triskaidekaphobia