56 (number)

56 (fifty-six) is the natural number following 55 and preceding 57.

Mathematics

56 is a composite number, and a tetranacci number.

Mythology

Plutarch states that the Pythagoreans associated a polygon of 56 sides with Typhon and that they associated certain polygons of smaller numbers of sides with other figures in Greek mythology.

Organizations

• The symbol of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
• Brazilian politician Enéas Carneiro had an odd way of repeating the number of his party, "Fifty-Six" (, in Portuguese), making it a widely repeated jargon in Brazil.

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