# 42

*"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHAAA BAZINGA"* --Sheldon fan

42 is an even integer with prime factorization of 2 * 3 * 7. This number was made kind of famous (and later overused in pop culture to the point of completely destroying the joke) by Douglas Adams' book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy wherein it represents the answer to the ultimate question of life, the Universe and everything (the point of the joke was that the number was the ultimate answer computed by a colossal supercomputer over millions of years, but it was ultimately useless for the simple fact that no one knew the question which it answered).

If you make a 42 reference in front of a TBBT fan, he will shit himself.

Fun fact: pi percent of 1337 is 42 (rounded down).

## See Also

- bazinga
- desu
- thrembo
- foo (similarly overplayed "joke")
- bar
- 69
- 9gag
- reddit