h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hi, looks like you've got the 42 Entry to Sub! There's some problems with the Entry that need to be dealt with, because as soon as it was picked from PR, people found a load of inaccuracies that need to be replaced or corrected. I'll be back shortly with the list of things to fix....

Here goes:

'42 is the natural vibration frequency of human DNA and white mice DNA.' - Remove this.

'The El Tule tree, in Mexico, is the oldest living tree. It is 42 metres high.' - Remove this.

'42°C is the highest internal body temperature at which a human with a disease can survive.' - Remove this.

'Dr Seuss wrote 42 books for children.' - Remove this.

'In the Tao Te Ching, an ancient text by Lao Tsu, the 42nd chapter explains the universe.' - Remove this.

'There are 42 kilometres in a marathon.' - change this to 42.194988.

'To create a rainbow, light has to reflect off water at a 42 degree angle.' - This should be red light.

'It takes light 10 to power of 42 seconds to cross the diameter of a proton.' - Two people have mentioned something about this:

"I think you may need a minus in there. I think this because 10^42 seconds is 32000000000000000000000000000000000 years. "

and

"I believe the time light takes to cross a proton would be 10-42 not 1042"

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I'll be back again once I come up with five (accurate) facts to replace the ones being removed. I am determined that there be exactly 42 items in the list.

I'll get to it asap.

Here are the five more to go in:

After the one saying that 11 Feb. is the 42nd day of the year:

Thomas Alva Edison was born on 11 February, 1847.

Gilda Radner, one of the original 'Not Ready For Primetime Players' on Saturday Night Live died of ovarian cancer at the age of 42.

The game Connect Four has 42 holes.

In Romeo and Juliet, the latter slept for 42 hours.

A day on Uranus lasts 42 Earth years.

Another thing to fix: Elvis's mother died at 42, not his father.

And I have thought of another thing for the list - use this instead of the one about Romeo and Juliet.

'Fortitude', meaning courage in pain or adversity, sounds a little like 'forty-two'.

All done