Forty (40)

Forty is the number of kilo's I have nearly lost (39.5) in 4 months...

Forty is also:

• in the Saying "Life begins at forty"
• in the expression "forty winks", meaning a short sleep
• the number of years of marriage as the ruby wedding anniversary
• "Forty days and forty nights" describes the period for which rain fell during Noah's flood
• "Forty days" was the length of the period that the twelve spies explored the Promised Land (Numbers 13)
• "Forty years" was the length of Israel's wandering in the wilderness.
  
• Forty years represents a generation, that is, the time it takes for a new generation to arise.
• Moses' life is divided into three 40-year segments, separated by his fleeing from Egypt, and his return to lead the people out.
• Several Israelite leaders and kings are said to have ruled for "forty years", that is, a generation. (Examples: Eli, Saul, David, Solomon.)
• "Forty days and forty nights" was the period Jesus spent fasting in the wilderness, after which he was tempted by Satan.
• Forty days was the period from Jesus' resurrection till his ascension into heaven.
• Roaring forties - areas between latitudes 40° and 50° south in the Southern Hemisphere, where the prevailing winds blow persistently from the west
• Forty Martyrs of England and Wales - a group of Roman Catholic martyrs executed by English authorities during the Reformation, most during the reign of Elizabeth I
• the code for direct dial international phone calls to Romania
• in the name of the food additive FD & C Red Dye #40, commonly known as "Red 40"
• the customary number of hours in a regular work week
• the classic Russian vodka is alcohol content 40 percent by volume
• UB40 is a form for those claiming unemployment benefits in the United Kingdom. The band UB40 was named after this form
• It is also an octagonal number, and as the sum of the first four pentagonal numbers, it is a pentagonal pyramidal number. Adding up some subsets of its divisors (e.g., 1, 4, 5, 10 and 20) gives 40, hence 40 is a semiperfect number.
• Since the greatest prime factor of 402 + 1 = 1601 is prime and obviously more than 40 twice, 40 is a Størmer number.

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