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The 27-digit number 380022607743740081787109376 has an interesting property:

3800226077437400817871093762 = 144417182396352539175410357380022607743740081787109376

That is, the last 27 digits of 3800226077437400817871093762 are also "380022607743740081787109376".

There is one other 27-digit number with this property (no, twenty-six '0's followed by a 1 or another 0 don't count). What is it?

Advanced: prove that there's only one other 27-digit number like this.
Advanced-advanced: prove that we can't do something like this in binary or hexadecimal.


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And now the answer, with why. (Obviously, spoilers below)