Number 42 derives its name from one of the favourite books of the founders. It is our tribute to the genius of Douglas Adams. Read 42 fantastic facts about the most fascinating number here!

42 was the jersey number worn by Jackie Robinson, the first African-American player in Major League Baseball. Since 2007, all players wear jerseys with the number 42 on April 15th (“Jackie Robinson Day”). In 2013 his story was told in the movie ‘42’ starring Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson and Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey, the manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers who signed him.

43 different men served as President of the USA before Donald Trump took office. And yet he is known as the 45th president. This has to do with Grover Cleveland serving two non-consecutive terms. He is therefore mentioned twice on the list; as number 22 and 24. The ‘real’ number 42 is George W Bush.

Those who died in ancient Egypt were in for quite the spectacle. They had to answer to the 42 judges. Together with Osiris, these gods would decide if you had lived well enough to earn yourself a place in the afterlife. Lying to them was not the best idea; it would get you eaten by a crocodile-like goddess named Ammit.

Wolfram Alpha is not a search engine, but rather an ‘answer machine’. If you ask it “the answer to life the universe and everything” it will of course reply: 42! Incidentally, Google also does this.