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The number 495 is the smallest number that can be arranged to make itself when its digits are each raised to their own power.

495 = 4^4 + 9^9 + 5^5. This property makes it a Münchausen number, demonstrating how numbers can have self-referential properties.

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The Euler characteristic of any convex polyhedron is always 2.

The number of vertices minus edges plus faces always equals 2 for any convex polyhedron. This topological invariant...

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A regular pentagon contains the golden ratio in several different ways.

The ratio of a diagonal to a side is the golden ratio, as is the ratio of the...

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The mathematical constant π appears in the solution to problems that seem unrelated to circles.

π shows up in probability theory, number theory, and even the distribution of prime numbers. This unexpected appearance...

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