Year 40 was a leap year starting on Friay (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Trivia about 40

  • It's the number of winks or thieves
  • Number of songs on the American top pop list hosted by Casey Kasem
  • In the Biblical flood, the rain lasted this many days; the water stayed 110 more
  • Days in a quarantine or in Lent
  • Winks in a catnap or days in Lent
  • Ash Wednesday is a movable feast falling this many days, excluding Sundays, before Easter
  • The number of days Jesus fasted in the desert
  • Some walruses can live up to this many years, or 20 terms for a U.S. Congressman
  • 'Working 9-5, no lunches we're includin
  • To excel in this category, you should know that XL in Roman numerals equals this
  • In the Bible, Jesus is tempted by the Devil after this many days in the wilderness
  • The mounted men Ali Baba saw & figured were thieves, numbered this many
  • Number of days from Christ's resurrection to his ascension
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Dublin, Ireland.) The beauty of Ireland has been summed up in the popular phrase, this many "shades of green"
  • A common Biblical number of days; Jesus spent this many on Earth after the Resurrection
  • If it takes 50 pounds of seed to grow an acre of wheat, a ton of seed will get you this many acres

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