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The original post is indeed interesting, but it is also mere coincidence. Let me state a couple reasons:
1) Everything done to the number is dependent that it is base 10. Numbers, by definition, are base-less, and we use bases simply to express them. This means that there is most probably a number in every other base that fits this property, but is also probably not the same number.
2) If I came up with a number of random properties that would be "cool" I could use simple algebra and/or my computer to find a number that fit those properties, then post it around the internet as if it were a neat find. Is it really that cool, though? Not really very useful, if you ask me.
Sorry if this ruined the mood of the post. As I said, I think it's a pretty neat number, but from a mathematics theory standpoint, not a very useful find.
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