title: What is an elephant number afterall?
body: <p>I am writing this question putting myself at <strong>risk of massive down voting</strong>. But I still want to risk it as I was really curious and I want to know what's an elephant number.</p>
  
  <p>2 days ago, there was a new user who posted a question on <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22819346/how-to-tell-if-a-number-is-an-elephant-number">How to tell if a number is an elephant number?</a></p>
  
  <p>He mentioned that this was asked in his interview.</p>
  
  <p>For those who have seen this question before it was deleted, could you please tell me what is an elephant number?? </p>