Prime Curios!: 150

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GIMPS has discovered a new largest known prime number: 2^82589933-1 (24,862,048 digits)

2¹⁵⁰ - 3 and 2¹⁵⁰ - 5 are twin primes. [Kulsha]

150 is the largest gap between consecutive twin prime pairs less than a thousand. It occurs between {659, 661} and {809, 811}. [Opao]

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