There doesn't seem to be any significance to the number as a whole. So, I decided to break up it up.
First I broke it up into 8 and 42.
The number 8:
It is considered a lucky number in Chinese and other Asian cultures.
The number 42:
It would take 42 minutes to travel through the center of the Earth.
There are 42 generations in the Gospel of Matthew's version of genealogy of Jesus.
In The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42.
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has 42 illustrations.
42 is the name of Buzz Lightyear's spaceship in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
In Finding Nemo the address of the dentist's office is 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney.
42 was the jersey number of Jackie Robinson and is the only number that is retired by all Major League baseball teams.
The number was retired in 1997 and is the jersey number of Mariano Rivera currently.
There are 42 laws in the game of cricket.
In NASCAR, 42 was the number on Lee Petty's car.
Tower 42 is a skyscraper in London.
The number of spots on a pair of dice.
The musical 42nd Street.
Popular street in New York, 42nd Street has the Chrysler Building, Grand Central Station, New York Public Library, and Times Square.
The angle at which light reflects off water to create a rainbow is 42 degrees.
A barrel holds 42 gallons.
In The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42.
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has 42 illustrations.
42 is the name of Buzz Lightyear's spaceship in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
In Finding Nemo the address of the dentist's office is 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney.
42 was the jersey number of Jackie Robinson and is the only number that is retired by all Major League baseball teams.
The number was retired in 1997 and is the jersey number of Mariano Rivera currently.
There are 42 laws in the game of cricket.
In NASCAR, 42 was the number on Lee Petty's car.
Tower 42 is a skyscraper in London.
The number of spots on a pair of dice.
The musical 42nd Street.
Popular street in New York, 42nd Street has the Chrysler Building, Grand Central Station, New York Public Library, and Times Square.
The angle at which light reflects off water to create a rainbow is 42 degrees.
A barrel holds 42 gallons.
I then broke up the 4 and the 2.
The number 4:
The number 4:
Four noble truths. (Dukkha, Samudaya, Nirodha, Magga)
Four Great Elements. (Earth, wind, fire and wind)
Four Heavenly Kings.
Four Foundations of Mindfulness.
Four stages of Enlightenment.
Four main pilgrimage sites.
The Four Gospels.
The Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese are superstitious of the number four because it is a homonym for "death" in their languages.
There are four rocky planets in our solar system. (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars)
There are four gas planets. (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
Four is the number of nucleobase types in DNA and RNA.
The mammalian heart has four chambers.
The fourth finger on a human hand always moves when the little finger is moving.
All insects with wings, except flies, have four wings.
There are four human blood groups.
Humans have four canine, four incisor and four wisdom teeth.
There are four basic states of matter. (solid, liquid, gas, plasma)
There are four points on a cross.
The earth is divided into four proportions by latitude and longitude.
In regard to two propositions having a truth value, there are four possible outcomes. (Subaltems, subcontraries, contraries, contradictories)
Aristotle said there are four causes in nature: efficient cause, matter, end, form.
Most furniture has four legs.
The four color process is used for printing.
The Final Four is the last four teams in NCAA basketball championships.
Most swear words in the English language have four letters.
In the English language, four is the only number with the same number of letters as its value.
There are four movements in a symphony.
There are four strings on a violin, viola, cello, double bass, cuatro and a ukulele.
Four rules in math: addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.
Four seasons: winter, spring, summer, fall.
Four parts of a day: night, morning, afternoon, evening.
Four cardinal directions: north, south, east, west.
Four suits of playing cards: spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds.
Four nations in the United Kingdom: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland.
Four corners, only locations in the US where four states come together at a single point: Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona.
The Fantastic Four: Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the Thing.
The Beatles were known as the fab four.
There are four food groups: fruits and vegetables, meat, dairy, grain.
There were four rivers in the Garden of Eden.
There are four years in a single presidential term.
There are four years in a single olympiad (the duration between Olympic games).
The number 2:Four Heavenly Kings.
Four Foundations of Mindfulness.
Four stages of Enlightenment.
Four main pilgrimage sites.
The Four Gospels.
The Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese are superstitious of the number four because it is a homonym for "death" in their languages.
There are four rocky planets in our solar system. (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars)
There are four gas planets. (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
Four is the number of nucleobase types in DNA and RNA.
The mammalian heart has four chambers.
The fourth finger on a human hand always moves when the little finger is moving.
All insects with wings, except flies, have four wings.
There are four human blood groups.
Humans have four canine, four incisor and four wisdom teeth.
There are four basic states of matter. (solid, liquid, gas, plasma)
There are four points on a cross.
The earth is divided into four proportions by latitude and longitude.
In regard to two propositions having a truth value, there are four possible outcomes. (Subaltems, subcontraries, contraries, contradictories)
Aristotle said there are four causes in nature: efficient cause, matter, end, form.
Most furniture has four legs.
The four color process is used for printing.
The Final Four is the last four teams in NCAA basketball championships.
Most swear words in the English language have four letters.
In the English language, four is the only number with the same number of letters as its value.
There are four movements in a symphony.
There are four strings on a violin, viola, cello, double bass, cuatro and a ukulele.
Four rules in math: addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.
Four seasons: winter, spring, summer, fall.
Four parts of a day: night, morning, afternoon, evening.
Four cardinal directions: north, south, east, west.
Four suits of playing cards: spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds.
Four nations in the United Kingdom: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland.
Four corners, only locations in the US where four states come together at a single point: Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona.
The Fantastic Four: Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the Thing.
The Beatles were known as the fab four.
There are four food groups: fruits and vegetables, meat, dairy, grain.
There were four rivers in the Garden of Eden.
There are four years in a single presidential term.
There are four years in a single olympiad (the duration between Olympic games).
An integer is even if it is divisible by 2.
God ordered that Noah put 2 of everything on his ark.
Two is considered a good number in Chinese culture. (Chinese saying, "good things come in pairs")
Two is the lowest channel in television in US, Canada, Argentina, and Mexico.
God ordered that Noah put 2 of everything on his ark.
Two is considered a good number in Chinese culture. (Chinese saying, "good things come in pairs")
Two is the lowest channel in television in US, Canada, Argentina, and Mexico.
I still am not sure why I say this number, but it is interesting to see what a number means to a certain culture or religion. This was a fun activity, so I recommend you to do the same. Whether it is a lucky number or any number at all, look up what it means, you will be surprised to see what you find!
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