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IPOs often come with great stories, optimism about what is possible and tons of media coverage.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

The fact that the outbreak was on a cruise ship, one of the first places COVID-19 started to spread back in early 2020, is giving tons of people déjà vu.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

The team also reported that tons of SS-H2 based wire had been produced with a factory in Mainland China.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

The biggest data centers each require tens of thousands of metric tons of copper for all the wires, busbars, circuit boards, transformers and other electrical components inside.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Papin was well aware of this: he proposed to the Royal Society a ship of eighty tons, perhaps 100 feet long, costing ‘but four hundred pounds’ to build.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton