Prime Curios!: 563

563
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The largest known Wilson prime.

Reggie Jackson hit 563 home runs in his professional baseball career. He led his teams to five world championships and eleven division titles.

As Pierre Cami points out, this is the smallest prime with a twin Carmichael number, since 563 - 2 = 561 is the first Carmichael number. [Post]

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