The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Another possible explanation for the answer of 42 is that in the phrase 'answer to life the universe and everything' there are exactly 42 characters including spaces. Also, in the question and answer 'What do you get if you multiply six by nine? Forty-two' contains 42 letters (excluding the hyphen and question mark).
Additionally, 42 is 101010 in binary and the * as an ASCII character."

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