Only 42 states play Mega Millions lottery. As of 3/30/2012.
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Deep Space 9
42 is the quanity of rare bracelets in espied 6 season 2 of Star Trek Deep Space 9
42-string guitar
Gallons in a Barrel of Oil
42: The Number of Gallons in a Barrel of Oil
Believe it or not, there are exactly 42 US Gallons in one barrel of oil (measured at 60 degrees F). At today’s prices, that will set you back about… an arm and a leg.
The US uses about 20M of those barrels per day. That’s a LOT of 42.
According to testimony before the Senate by David Hawkings of the Natural Resources Defense Council in April 2006:
“…our system of refining crude oil to produce gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and other transportation fuels, results in a total “well to wheels” emission rate of about 27.5 pounds of CO2 per gallon of fuel…”
Buzz Lightyear
The number of Buzz Lightyear’s star cruiser in this series is 42.
Finding Nemo
In the movie Finding Nemo, Nemo is taken to “P Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney”.
X-Files
In The X-Files, Mulder’s apartment number is 42.
Apple and 42?
The weight of an iPod nano in grams.
Deck of Cards
The number of eyes in a deck of 52 cards.
Greek myth
There were originally 42 columns and 42 figures from Greek myth in the Parthenon.
London Underground
42 is the percentage of the London Underground that is actually underground
Earth
The number of Landlocked countries on Earth.
Major League Baseball
The jersey number of Jackie Robinson, which is retired by all Major League Baseball teams.
The Cable Guy
Matthew Broderick’s character, Steven Kovacs, in the movie The Cable Guy has this apartment number.
WhereRU 42
The post you are reading now is the 42nd posting to the blog WhereRU42. It is both a Circular and recursive reference. This post also has exactly forty two words in it and was posted at forty two minutes past the hour.
Skyscraper
Tower 42 is a skyscraper in the City of London, formerly known as the NatWest Tower.
TIFFs
In the TIFF image file format, the second 16-bit word of every file is 42, which is used together with the first word to indicate byte order. In the reiser4 file system, 42 is the inode number of the root directory.
Games that chirp
42 is the number of laws of cricket.
Infinity and Beyond
42 is the number name of Buzz Lightyear’s space ship from Pixar’s animated science fiction series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
Star Trek
In the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) has 42 decks.
The X-Files
In the television series and movie The X-Files, lead character Fox Mulder lives in apartment number 42
Doctor Who
42 is an episode of Doctor Who, set in real time lasting approximately 42 minutes.
Rudyard Kipling
In Rudyard Kiplings “The Travels of Captain Ryalls”, 42 is the age at which Michael Ryalls first enters the jungle from his comfortable home in London. He travels with a 42 inch tall bull named Regis.
James Bond
In The Property of a Lady from Octopussy (the earlier editions of the three-part short story book included this story), James Bond (a character created by Ian Fleming) attended an auction to identify a top KGB spy. This spy was to raise the value of a Fabergé egg so that his female double agent working in MI5 (The British Secret Service) would get more money (as a way to monetarily pay her back for many years of service) from the sale of her (previously sent from Russia) Fabergé egg. The lot number of the Fabergé egg was 42.
Asteroid Douglasadams
In January 2005, Asteroid 2001 DA42 was given the name Asteroid Douglasadams, named for the author Douglas Adams who popularized the number 42 and died in 2001. With even his initials in the provisional designation, Brian G. Marsden, the director of the Minor Planet Center and the secretary for the naming committee, said, “This was sort of made for him, wasn’t it?”
Breathing
The Efficiency of human respiration is 42.
42 is the result given by the web search engines Google, Wolfram Alpha and Bing when the query “the answer to life the universe and everything”
is entered as a search. Give it a go!
Pi Day
The eight digits of Π beginning from 242,422 places after the decimal point are 42424242.
Rabbit hole
Rule 42 in Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland is “All persons more than a mile high to leave the court”, which is probably a good rule all things considered.
Propane
Propane boils at -42ºC
Baseball
42 is the only shirt number retired by Major League Baseball. It was retired in honour of Jackie Robinson.
Class M
The first star found outside our solar system and which has a planet circling it is 42 light years away.
42 days
10! (i.e. 10 factorial) seconds is exactly 42 days.
Conveyor belt
The widest conveyor belt ever made was 42 feet wide.
That’s odd
Here’s an odd calculation: ((1 * 2 * 3) – 4 + 5) * 6 = 42
Protons
The integer part of the square root of proton mass divided by electron mass equals 42.
Human Temp
A human will succumb to disease if their temperature reaches 42ºC.
Harvested wheat
The number of chromosomes in harvested wheat is 42.
Roll out the 42s
A barrel contains 42 gallons.
The eyes have it
There are 42 eyes in a deck of cards.
Kangaroo Jump
The greatest recorded leap ever made by a kangaroo is 42 feet.
Dice
The number of dots on a pair of dice is 42.
Where Are U 42? 