  Folklore tells us that there are no uninteresting natural numbers. But some
natural numbers are more interesting then others. In this article we will
explain why 3435 is one of the more interesting natural numbers around. We will
show that 3435 is a Munchausen number in base 10, and we will explain what we
mean by that. We will further show that for every base there are finitely many
Munchausen numbers in that base.
