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TIL that 3³ +4⁴ + 3³ + 5⁵ = 3435. It is a natural number that is equal to the sum of its digits each raised to a power equal to the digit. It’s called a Munchausen number, after Baron Munchausen. Besides 0 and 1, the only two numbers are 3435 and 438579088.

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