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Iterations of $2^{n-1}+5$: the strong law of small numbers, or something bigger?

I've discovered what I believe is a quite remarkable sequence (A318970), defined by $$n_1 = 3,\qquad n_{k+1} = 2^{n_k-1}+5\quad(k\geq 1).$$ Here are the first four terms with their prime ...
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