Fourty-Two

Here are some possible reasons why the answer to "Life, the Universe and Everything" is 42:



Elvis Presley died at 42.

The angle at which light reflects off water to create a rainbow is 42 degrees.

The city of Jerusalem covers an area of 42 square miles.

The Torah is broken into columns, each of which always has exactly 42 lines.

Fox Mulder (X-Files) lives in apartment 42.

There are 42 decks on the Enterprise (The Next Generation ship).

Bill Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States.

A Wonderbra consists of 42 parts.

There are 42 Oreo cookies in a 1 pound package.

"The Beast was given a mouth uttering proud boasts and blasphemies, and it was given authority to act for 42 months"- Revelations 13:5

In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet sleeps for 42 hours.

The right arm of the Statue of Liberty is 42 feet long.

Jimi Hendrix and Jerry Garcia were born in 1942.

The number of dots on a pair of dice: 42.

Dogs have a total of 42 teeth over their lifetimes.

In The Catcher and the Rye, Holden Caufield lies and says that he is 42.

The world-record jump by a kangaroo is 42 feet.

The natural vibration frequency of white mouse DNA: 42.

The natural vibration frequency of human DNA: 42.

There were 42 generations from Abraham to Jesus Christ.


(No, I didn't come up with this by myself. I got it out of Uncle Johns Ultimate Bathroom Reader)