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| 1. | Elvis died at the age of 42 |
| 2. | The broadway in new york (42nd street) |
| 3. | The answer to life, the universe and everything (Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker´s Guide to the Galaxy) |
| 4. | In the "Futurama" episode, where Bender meets Bender2, their serialnumbers add up to the dots on two dice (42) |
| 5. | Homer Simpson of the Simpsons will (according to a Reader´s Digest psychiatry test) reach the age of 42 |
| 6. | 6 + 6 X 6 = 42 |
| 7. | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 42 |
| 8. | Fox Mulder from the TV series "The X-Files" lives in apartment no.42 |
| 9. | In Shakespeare´s "Romeo and Juliet", Juliet sleeps 42 hours after drinking the poison |
| 10. | 101010 is the binary code for 42 |
| 11. | The icon for an external modem outlet is a phone with a 101010, or 42 in binary |
| 12. | The most common error correction standard for modems is called V.42 |
| 13. | One of the most common data compression protocols is called V42 Bis |
| 14. | Julia Robert´s housenumber in the movie "The Pelican Brief" is 42 |
| 15. | 42 is the natural vibration frequenzy of human DNA |
| 16. | There are 42 countries in the game of Risk |
| 17. | In the movie "Teen Fox", Michael J. Fox wears the jersey no.42 |
| 18. | In the movie "James and the Giant Peach", the centipede has 42 legs |
| 19. | A marathon run is 42 km long |
| 20. | In the world of surfing, the top surfers are ranked 1 to 42 |
| 21. | The depth you are allowed to dive with an ordinary diving licence is 42m |
| 22. | In the movie "BLUE IN THE FACE", a ghost of the first African American Major League Baseball player is seen from the back, his number: 42 |
| 23. | In the movie "Little Nicky" starring Adam Sandler, Nicky exits hell through the subway station "42nd Street" (Broadway, NYC) |
| 24. | In the movie "Blow" starring Johnny Depp, George Jung, at the age of 42, "understands" his life and the mistakes he has made |
| 25. | From
"Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll: "At this moment the king, who had been for some time busily writing in his notebook, called out "Silence!" and read out from his book, "Rule forty-two. All persons more than a mile high to leave the court." Everyone looked at Alice. "I´m not a mile high," said Alice. "You are," said the king. "Nearly two miles high," added the queen. "Well, i shan´t go, at any rate," said Alice: "Besides, that´s not a regular rule: you invented it just now." "It´s the oldest rule in the book," said the king. "Then it ought to be number one," said Alice. The king turned pale, and shut his note-book hastily. "Consider your verdict,"..." |
| 26. | Light is broken by waterdrops at an angle of 42° (rainbow) |
| 27. | The New England Patriots football team won their first Superbowl (2002) in their 42. year of team history by kicking a 42 yard fieldgoal |
| 28. | This sentence is forty two characters long |
| 29. | The America's Cup yachts must meet the following specification: ((length at waterline) + (square root of sail area) + (cube root of displacement)) / 1.3579 = 42 |
| 30. |
An
Aldus/Microsoft Technical Memorandum: 8/8/88., This memorandum has been
prepared jointly by Aldus and Microsoft in conjunction with leading
scanner vendors and other interested parties: |
| 31. | In the book "The Catcher in the Rye", Holden Caulfield lies and says that he is 42 years old |
| 32. | Curling is played on a sheet of ice 42 meters long and 5 meters wide. |
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