[blendergeek]

That simply makes them one of today's lucky 10,000

https://xkcd.com/1053/

[misnome]

Lots of people are outside of the US

[jraph]

The spirit of the drawing applies everywhere. This 10000 figure looks made up anyway.

(hi from outside US :-))

[GuB-42]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is British.

Also, I know it, it has been translated in my language (French), the movie made out to the theaters, and we even have a well known school named after it (42). So it is known even to non-English speakers.

[justsomehnguy]

It is, the question is it known or just there is a vague knowledge about it.