The answer to life, the universe and everything is 42, but he question is unknown.
42= death
in Japanese 42 pronounced separately — "shi ni" (four two)
shini means "to die" (42 and the # 4 r both unlucky #s)
Shinigami phone # from Soul Eater
42-42-564 (shini-shini-koroshi), which literally means die-die-kill in Japanese.
The only number you can turn into an emticon on facebook chat by typing :42:
42 is the number with which God creates the Universe in Kabbalistic tradition.
There are 42 principles of
Ma'at, the Ancient Egyptian personification of physical and moral law, order, and truth. Where there are 42 gods and goddesses of Egypt, personifying the principles of Ma'at, who ask questions of the departed, and the deceased's heart is weighed against the feather of Truth.