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In 1976, scientists realized that γ Cas emits X-rays about forty times stronger than similar stars.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

“By the time the Scramble for Africa was over,” Martin Meredith tells us, the vagaries of geopolitical geometry had amalgamated “some 10,000 African polities . . . into forty European colonies and protectorates.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

The premium attached to European defense plays in the current environment are reflected in a price-to-earnings multiple of almost forty times for 2026, more than double that of the overall market.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

"They took away valuables -- my radio, my phone, and forty head of livestock" from the village, he said, not daring to name those responsible.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

The box is still sitting there, as it has been for over a hundred and forty years.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman