Fatto generale: 42 is the sum of the codes of the letters in the words "BIG BANG" using the encoding A=1, B=2, C=3, etc.
Fatto matematico: 42 is conjectured to be the scaling factor in the leading order term of the "sixth moment of the Riemann zeta function".
Trivia: 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.
Data storica: February 11th is the day in 1939 that a Lockheed XP-38 flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.