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42 Factoids

• Try Googling "answer to life, the universe, and everything."
  • And in the book "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the supercomputer says that 42's the meaning of life...
• Saying that something does not equal 42 is one of the gravest of insults.
• 42 must never be divided by 0. (Just shows that the meaning of life is undefined.)
• 42 is the number of roads a man must walk down before you call him a man.
• When light hits water at a 42 degree angle, a rainbow is created
• If one were to be a Seven-year satan and double session every year, they would be in CTY for a total of 42 weeks.
• 42 is the number of gallons of oil in each barrel.
• Elvis Presley, one of Americas most important cultural icons, died at the age of 42.
• 42 is of great traditional importance to CTY; it is involved in things such as 42-second hugs, 42-person orgies, 42-player Blammo games, 42 recursions, buying 42 bottles of Strawberry Kiwi Lemonade, 42 shots of cold water to the face, etc.
• 42 is equal to 1337% of π (.003-ish off ... )
• 42 is equal to 6 times 9 in base 13
• Fastest way through the center of the Earth is 42 minutes. Hollow tube of free-fall acceleration coupled by an equal length of deceleration.
• In NYC, the Grand Central Terminal, Times Square, New York Public Library and Chrysler Building are on 42nd street
• Using the encoding A=1, B=2, C=3, etc., the sum of the codes of the letters in the words "BIG BANG" is 42 (From Wikipedia)
• Given 27 same-size cubes whose nominal values progress from 1 to 27, a 3×3×3 magic cube can be constructed such that every row, column, and corridor, and every diagonal passing through the center, is composed of 3 cubes whose sum of values is 42.
• The atomic number of molybdenum.
• Facebook chat has a special emoticon that can be used on its chat feature. When a person types ":42:" on it, the number appears white in a red box. This is not possible with any other number.
• In Japanese culture, the number 42 is considered unlucky because the numerals when pronounced separately — "shi ni" (four two) — sound like the phrase, "unto death".[12]
• The Gutenberg Bible is also known as the "42-line Bible", as the book contained 42 lines per page.
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has 42 illustrations
• The White Queen announces her age as "one hundred and one, five months and a day", which - if the best possible date is assumed for the action of Through the Looking-Glass - gives a total of 37,044 days. With the further (textually unconfirmed) assumption that both Queens were born on the same day their combined age becomes 74,088 days, which is 42 x 42 x 42. Some commentators have asserted that this is deliberate on Carroll's part.
• "42" is an episode of Doctor Who, set in real time lasting approximately 42 minutes.
• "Watson" the IBM supercomputer, has 42 "threads" in its avatar.
• The number of kilometers in a marathon.
• The number of laws of cricket
• The number of spots (or pips, circular patches or pits) on a pair of standard six-sided dice
• Fictional comic book superhero Miles Morales is bitten by a genetically altered spider with a red 42 marked on its abdomen. Morales later assumes the role of Spider-Man as a result of the bite and following the death of Peter Parker in the Ultimate Marvel universe from Marvel Comics. Morales also wins a coveted spot in a prestigious charter school after his number (42) is chosen during a lottery.
• Given that it takes 3 minutes to make one cup noodle cup, if one were to make 14 cup noodles, it would take approximately 42 minutes to make all those cup noodles!
• The number of F2L cases in the Fridrich Speedsolving method.
  • • • • • • • • in 2012 Bobby Woody released a song on soundcloud (ft. Joey Penn<passionfruit speach>)and referenced the answer during the movie quote in his CTY themed song "The Answer"*********
• We've got another page based on the number 42 right here.

See also: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

• It's double 21 (blackjack) ... just terrible, I know.
• The answer to "How many CTYers can you cram in an ISO?"
• Double the answer to "How many CTYers can you cram in a dining booth"
• The number of coffee holders I can smuggle from the cafeteria in my pants.
• roughly the number of songs played per CTY dance (according to Vivian Feldblyum)