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Old 06-14-2004, 04:13 AM  
llabtaem
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The Significance of The Number 42

Or insignificance

Elvis Presley died at age 42

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

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

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

Fox Mulder (The X-Files) lives in Apartment 42

There are 42 decks on the Enterprise NCC1701-D (the Next Generation ship)

Bill Clinton is the 42nd U.S. President.

A Wonderbra consists of 42 individual 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." - Revelation 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 in 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.

And the most important:

According to Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, "the meaning of life, the universe, and everything" is the number 42.
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