In Mathematics
26 is the only integer that is one greater than a square and one less than a cube .
A rhombicuboctahedron has twenty-six sides.
When a 3x3x3 cube is made of twenty-seven unit cubes, twenty-six of them are visible parts of the exterior layer of cubes.
There are 26 sporadic groups.
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