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+def is_brilliant(factors):
+    """a brilliant number has only two prime factors of the same length"""
+    return len(factors) == 2 and len(str(int(factors[0]))) == len(str(int(factors[1])))
+
+
+def prime_factors(n):
+    output = []
+
+    while n % 2 == 0:
+        output.append(2)
+        n /= 2
+
+    for i in range(3, int(n ** 1 / 2 + 1), 2):
+        while n % i == 0:
+            output.append(i)
+            n /= i
+
+    if n > 2:
+        output.append(int(n))
+    return output
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print(", ".join([str(i) for i in range(4, 300) if is_brilliant(prime_factors(i))]))