Long described at MIT as ‘the least random number’; see also23. This may be Discordian in origin, or it may be related to some in-jokesabout 17 and “yellowpig” propagated by the mathematician MichaelSpivak.
Sacred number of Eris, Goddess of Discord (along with 17 and 5).
The most random two-digit number is 37, When groups of people are polledto pick a “random number between 1 and 100”, the most commonlychosen number is 37.
The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, andEverything (“what is 6 times 9”, correct in base 13). (This answer is perhaps not completely fortuitous; in Kabbalism, the trueunspeakable name of God is said to have 42 characters.)
From the sexual act. This one was favored in MIT's ITS culture.
69 hex = 105 decimal, and 69 decimal = 105 octal.
In Christian mythology, the Number of the Beast.
