62

62 is my new favorite number.  Ironically, if you add its digits and double that sum, you get my OLD favorite number. What can we say about this most amazing number?

• 62 is between 61 and 63.
• 62 is even.
• 62 is a composite number.  Its factors are 1, 62, 2, and 31.
• If you reverse its digits (26) and add, you get a palindrome: 88.  If you add those digits you get my old favorite number.
• 62 has 6 tens and 2 ones.
• 62 is a repdigit (222) in base 5.
• 62 is the only number whose cube (238,328) consists of 3 digits each occurring two times.
• 62 is the code for international calls to Indonesia.
• Sigmund Freud had an irrational fear of the number 62, but I don't.  It's my new favorite number.

Why is 62 my new favorite number?  Sit back and watch.