Fatto generale: 26 is the number of episodes in a television program each year (usually).
Fatto matematico: 26 is the only positive number to be directly between a square and a cube.
Trivia: 26 is the number of red cards as well as the number of blue cards in a normal deck of cards.
Data storica: January 26th is the day in 1564 that the Council of Trent issues its conclusions in the Tridentinum, establishing a distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism.