Number 42

Delightful list from web - does this prove that Douglas Adams was at least on the right track?

42- Dogs: have 42 teeth when fully grown.
41- Pokemon: The 42nd pokemon in the pokedex is Golbat.
40- Anatomy: Brodmann area 42 is part of the primary auditory cortex in the brain.
39- Drinks: 42 Below is a brand of vodka from New Zealand.
38- Pop culture: Elvis Presley and his father, Vernon, both died at age 42.
37- 42nd Street, Manhattan: includes Times square, Broadway, and important buildings such as the Chrysler Building, New York public library, Bryant Park, and Grand Central Terminal.
36- Geography: there are 42 landlocked countries in the world.
35- Major League Baseball: 42 is the jersey number of Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play the game. This jersey number has been forever retired from the sport.
34- DNA: oats, rats, raccoon dogs, fossa, and wheat, have 42 chromosomes.
33- Games: 42 is the name of a game of dominoes that is the “national game of Texas.”
32- Kazakh: the Kazakh alphabet has 42 letters.
31- Romance: the 42nd anniversary is the “real estate” anniversary.
30- Fruit: there are 42 calories in an average nectarine.
29- Crayola: Razzmatazz is America’s 42nd favorite Crayola crayon color.
28- Amelie (movie): the number 42 is on the bottom of Mr.Colligon’s shoe.
27- Monty Python: in the How Not to be Seen sketch, the video is presented as “H.M. Government Public Service Film No.42.”
26- Dice: there are a total of 42 dots on a pair dice.
25- Playing cards: in a typical deck there are 42 eyes on the queens, kings, and jacks.
24- Frowning: It takes about 42 muscles to frown.
23- Ancient Egypt: there are 42 negative confessions, like commandments, in the Doctrine of Maat, the ancient Egyptian concept of truth.
22- Jonathan Livingston Seagull (wonderful book): Jonathan’s wingspan is 42 inches.
21- Abyss (the movie): At the end of the movie, when the vessel surfaces, you can see it is number 42.
20- Lord of the Rings Two Towers deleted scene: Gimli and Legolas argue about who killed more orcs. Legolas has killed 42.
19- Religion: there are 42 letters in the Cabalist name for god.
18- Biology: 42 degrees Celsius is the point at which a human is likely to die of hyperthermia.
17- English: with all the letters in the alphabet, there are a total of 42 sounds that can be made.
16-Finding Nemo: Dory recites the address of the dentist’s office, which is P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney.
15- Lost (tv show): 42 is the last in the set of reoccurring numbers throughout the series: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42.
14- Nostradamus: Wrote 942 prophecies broken down into 10 verses, or books, each containing 100 except for the 10th which contained 42.
13- Die Hard with a Vengeance: one of the riddles is “what is 21 of 42,” referring to the number of US presidents to date and the name of the school where a bomb has been planted.
12- Astronomy: Planet GJ 1214b, a “super Earth,” is 42 light years away.
11- Romeo and Juliet: Friar Lawrence gives Juliet a drug that will put her into a coma-like death for “two and forty” hours.
10- Bible: 42 is the number of months the Beast will hold dominion over the earth.
9- Time capsule: On April 30, 2042, the Nickelodeon time capsule will be dug up
8- Dr.Seuss: wrote and illustrated 42 books under the name Dr. Seuss.
7- Census: In 2042, minorities in America will become the majority and will for the first time outnumber whites.
6- Alice in Wonderland: Rule 42 of the King’s court is “All persons more than a mile high must leave the court.”
5- Rainbows: A rainbow is always a maximum 42 degree arc around the “anti solar point” exactly opposite the sun.
4- History: according to National Geographic, there were 42 attempts to assassinate Hitler.
3- Science: It would take 42 minutes to travel from one side of the earth to the other through a theoretical tunnel called the Gravity Train.
2- Bible: A group of boys make fun of a bald-headed man. As they part, the man curses them in the name of God, and two female bears come out of the woods and rip 42 of them to shreds.
1-Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: According to the supercomputer Deep Tought, the great answer to life, the universe, and everything, is 42.