Product ID of the Universe

Thanks to Douglas Adams we know it took Deep Thought 7.5 million years to calculate the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. The result was "42", but it remained unclear what the number actually meant. Thanks to @xkcd we can now safely assume it's the catalogue product ID of our universe! Detailed specs can be found here.

Tomáš Fülöpp
Sint-Agatha-Berchem, Belgium
September 6, 2022

• https://twitter.com/vacilandois/status/1567174238137716738

• https://xkcd.com/2666/