Rumor has it original translations more closely correlate “rib” to “baculum” - partially as a way to describe why other mammals have them and humans don’t (because it was removed from Adam), and also to better describe the intention of the relationship God intended for the two of them. But then as the story was translated and edited over and over again, they needed to “clean it up”
I’m making an educated guess that the 40,000 number is a complete exaggeration. That number is coming from Trump and Musk, not an actual spreadsheet or database. Look at by how much he exaggerated the square footage of his penthouse in Trump Tower, or the size of his crowd at his inauguration.