Douglas Adams, the author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, tells us “the meaning of life, the universe and everything” is the number 42. I have set out to find the meaning of 42. Here is what I have found so far:
• Elvis Presley died at the age of 42.
• The angle at which light reflects off water to produce a rainbow is 42 degrees.
• The city of Jerusalem covers an area of 42 square miles.
• The Torah (the holy book of Judaism) is broken into columns of 42 lines each.
• There are 42 decks on the Enterprise NCC1701-D (TNG ship).
• Bill Clinton was the 42nd president.
• A Wonder bra consists of 42 individual parts.
• There are 42 Oreo cookies in a 1 pound package.
• In Romeo and Juliet. Juliet sleeps for 42 hours.
• The right arm of the statue of Liberty is 42 feet long.
• Jimi Hendrix and Andy Garcia were both born in 1942.
• The number of dots on a pair of dice equals 42.
• Dogs have a total of 42 teeth over their lifetime.
• The world-record jump for a kangaroo is 42 feet.
• The natural vibration frequency of white mouse DNA: 42.
• The natural vibration frequency of human DNA: 42.
• The latest evolutionary "Missing Link" is 4.2 million years old.
• Water is most dense at 4.2 degrees Celsius. Ice therefore floats on water, and allows marine life to survive below it.
• The element Molybdenum is vital for plant life on earth. The Atomic Number of Molybdenum is 42.
• Propane boils at -42 C.
• The fastest speed for a land animal for 1 mile is 42mph (Guinness, page 59).
• The largest shoes ever sold were size 42.
• 42 occurs infinitely many times in the number PI.
• The Efficiency of human respiration is 42.
• There are 42 countries in the game of Risk.
• The Illustrated Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy costs $42.
• The elevator in the film "Speed" starts at level 42.
• Dr. Seuss wrote 42 Children's Books.
• Cleopatra became Marc Anthony's mistress in 42BC.
• FISH = 42
by: F I S H
6 + 9 + 19 + 8 = 42
Interesting because Douglas Adams last book in the trilogy was called “So long and thanks for all the fish”
• The cache is exactly 42 paces from the closest parking - turn left. It is NOT as bad as a bushwhack as it looks
• Walk for another 42 paces - look left
• The cache is of course 42 cm long.
• The cache has 42 items inside and...
• OMG Phideo is 42 years old.
Enjoy!
I can just see the log entries:
I drove for 42 miles and searched for 42 minutes and picked up and threw aside 42 rocks. Oh and BTW this is my 42nd find.
Arrrrg this is never going to stop.
Oh no, did I just record 42 sightings of the number 42?
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