The largest ever prime number, which is a whopping 23249425 digits long, has just been discovered. Called the M77232917. The new prime number belongs to the special group, the Mersenne prime numbers, and is the 50th Mersenne prime to have been discovered

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The largest ever prime number, which is a whopping 23249425 digits long, has just been discovered. Called the M77232917. The new prime number belongs to the special group, the Mersenne prime numbers, and is the 50th Mersenne prime to have been discovered