757 is:
a palindrome (a palindrome is a number that is the same backwards or forwards)
prime (a number with exactly 2 factors: 1 and itself)
happy (a number where, if you square all the digits and add the squares, then repeat with the sum, you will eventually get to 1.)
...start with 75:. 7^2 = 49, 5^2 = 25, 7^2 = 49. 49+25+49=123
...now we have 123: 1^2=1, 2^2=4. 3^2=9 1+4+9=14
...with 14: 1^2=1, 4^2=16. 1+16=17
...with 17: 1^2=1, 7^2=49. 1+49=50
...with 50: 5^2=25, 0^2=0. 25+0=25
...with 25: 2^2=4, 5^2=25 4+25=29
...with 29: 4^2=16, 9^2=81 16+81=97
...with 97: 9^2=81, 7^2=49. 81+49=130
...with 130: 1^2=1, 3^2=9, 0^2=0. 1+9+0=10
...with 10: 1^2=1, 0^2=0. 1+0=1 VIOLA!!!
These facts were posted by my Facebook friend Kevin L. Schwartz when his page had 757 "like"s. He got the facts from Wikipedia. I added in the explanations.
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