33,286 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 100 of 333.
“Those involved in the cycling challenge planned to set off on Friday and to return to Morvich by the middle of next week.”
“A GIFT OF AT LEAST 150-THOUSAND DOLLARS COMING FROM A WOMAN WHO SPENT 75 OF HER 86 YEARS CLEANING AND IRONING OTHER PEOPLES' CLOTHES.”
“Vandals have caused "significant damage" to about 150 headstones at a cemetery in Glasgow.”
“some services in over 50 languages”
“Cardonald Cemetery was targeted sometime between 1700 BST on Wednesday and 0900 BST on Thursday.”
“over 1 million books”
“The father and son were hurt when a 6ft by 4ft (1.82m by 1.21m) piece of debris hit them in Shelton Square at around 1500 BST on Wednesday,”
“Writer MICHAEL IGNATIEFF ("ig-NAT-tee-ef"), who has investigated six of the world's trouble spots for a BBC television series, and a companion book: "Blood & Belonging: Journeys into the New Nationalism" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux).”
“Twenty-five firefighters were called to the fire in a chemical storage unit at the Polyurethane Progress Ltd site in Church Street shortly before 0500 BST.”
“In a recent survey by the wedding website The Knot, 67% of couples are getting married by a friend.”
“shortly before 0500 BST”
“That year, 27% of couples used a friend for their ceremony.”
“A team of Environment Agency staff was also sent to the scene in a bid to stop potentially hazardous chemicals leaking into the nearby River Calder.”
“The Universal Life Church ordains ministers online and boasts that it has ordained 20 million people.”
“after entries rose by 20%”
“The Knot estimates that more than 2 million couples will get married this year, and we're not even halfway through wedding season.”
“From 5 to 25 July”
“She has officiated the weddings of a brother, two nieces, a nephew and many, many others.”
“more than 60 scarecrows will be on display around the town centre”
“the February 15 oil spill”
“Money raised will be shared between St Michael's Hospice and Beautiful Battle”
“it took four to five days after the spill for changing winds to push the slick to Temby”
“The 28-year-old, who lives in Birkdale, has fitted an 8ft by 4ft (2.4m by 1.2m) projector screen by the pitch.”
“The spill is being called the biggest in British history”
“The loft converter, who runs his own business, employed three of his friends to help build the stadium, which they completed in a week.”
“This Sunday, the first-ever Performance Today Awards, the first of their kind on the American classical music scene, will be given out at a Classical Music Coalition ceremony in Washington, DC.”
“Portishead Open Air Pool closed for about an hour due to "visibility issues".”
“The PT Awards salute artistic excellence as well as commitment to expanding the horizons and awareness of classical music”
“Some 1,000 people had visited during the day.”
“One of the six categories is Debut Artist of the Year”
“half the pool would open until closing time at 1900 BST.”
“an award to be given to a young performer or ensemble making a first appearance on PT during calendar year 1995.”
“He added that the pool was expected to open as usual on Friday.”
“Les Violons du Roy (lay vee-oh-loh(n) d(oo) RWAH)—"The King's Violins"—an ensemble of 15 musicians from Quebec City in Canada”
“It was in excellent condition and had DF security markings on both sides of the petrol tank. The red Honda 450 ES machine was stolen from a shed at Claggan Road in the early hours of 29 May.”
“who came south of the border to perform music by Franz Benda and Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach in NPR's Studio 4A last April.”
“substantial damage" to most of the site”
“We'll hear Les Violons play two brief Symphonies, on in D minor by J.C.F. Bach, the other in C by Czech composer Franz Benda.”
“Three fire crews spent almost three hours tackling a blaze from 0637 BST on Sunday”
“GJELTON just won the prestigious George Polk Award for his piece, 'Massacre on the Mountaintop.'”
“Greyhound racing ceased at the track late last year”
“The piece aired September 22, 1992”
“the land has been earmarked as an employment site”
“The commission wrapped up its first week of hearings on Thursday after taking testimony from 30 people”
“no injuries were reported”
“most of them black South Africans”
“Six fire engines from Truro, St Austell, St Dennis, Perranporth and St Mawes were called out to tackle the blaze in Probus, near Truro.”
“Archbishop Desmond Tutu who broke down in tears during one particularly poignant story by a member of the African National Congress”
“The fire broke out in a single-storey barn measuring 100m (328ft) by 20m (66ft) at about 1800 BST.”
“negotiations are underway with leftist rebels who are holding as many as 490 captives”
“Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service said that crews were still at the scene at 2130 BST.”
“which has allowed more than 300,000 Haitians to live and work in the U.S. since a deadly earthquake struck the island in 2010.”
“The Isle of Man Bay Festival will be held in Noble's Park in Douglas from 18 to 21 June.”
“Art Pepper, who died in 1982 and was considered to be the greatest alto saxophonist of the post‑Charlie Parker generation.”
“A giant tent, which will host the concerts, has arrived on the island on five trailers”
“The numbers of bluefin tuna have been reduced by ninety percent since the 1970's”
“200 workers will be needed to put it up over the next week.”
“As many as 100 homes and an estimated 7,000 acres have burned in this fire which is believed to have started on Sunday.”
“Mr Irving's father, Jonathan, organised the Peel Bay Festival in 2007, which attracted 25,000 people.”
“More than 300 firefighters, supported by firefighting aircraft, are now working to contain the blaze which is being fueled by forty mile-per-hour winds.”
“The ban on alcohol will operate 24 hours a day from Saturday 12 June until 31 October.”
“in the late '70s”
“Somali pirates have released 25 mainly east European sailors and their ship more than six months after they were seized.”
“this spring”
“Zodiac said on its website that all crew members were reported to be "unharmed and well".”
“The plan is to provide one months of food rations for those refugees”
“Ten Ukrainians, eight Bulgarians, five Indians and two Romanians make up the crew of the Asian Glory, which is managed by Zodiac Maritime Agency.”
“between 80-thousand and 100-thousand refugee homes are currently occupied by squaters”
“The 45,000-tonne ship was hijacked 1,000km (620m) off the Somali coast on 1 January.”
“played in Charlie Parker's quintet.”
“An all-out strike at the Combine pits was called for 1 November.”
“free-jazz movement of the late 1960's”
“it is known that just one person was recorded to have died in the events, Samuel Rhys, who suffered head injuries.”
“Malle died last Thursday of complications from lymphoma.”
“It was reported at the time that up to 10,000 men paraded from the valleys for the court case”
“He was 63.”
“it was not until the following August 1911 that the strike that sparked the violence finally came to an end.”
“He was married to TV actress Candace Bergen for 15 years.”
“The stewards said they were being paid only 190 rand (£17; $25) a day, although they had been promised more.”
“They have a ten-year-old daughter, Chloe.”
“nobody has claimed either of the two jackpots - one worth £1,524,177 and the other £81,698”
“"Pretty Baby," the 1978 movie about child prostitution that made Brooke Shields a star.”
“The £1.5m winning ticket was bought on South Tyneside, the other in Newcastle.”
“French filmmaker LOUIS MALLE in February 1988”
“If no-one comes forward the prize money will go to charity. It will go to the Good Causes charity”
“This series premieres tonight.”
“which has raised £24bn through sales of lottery tickets since The National Lottery started in November 1994”
“Winning numbers for the £1.5m jackpot for the 27 March 2010 draw, were 6, 11, 15, 32, 38 and 42, bonus ball 24”
“Winning numbers for the £81,698 prize for the 13 February draw, were 16, 22, 24, 30, 39, 44 and the bonus ball was 9”
“The ticket-holder has until 1730 BST on 23 September to come forward. [...] The ticket-holder has until 1730 BST on 23 September to claim the prize”
“Jersey Tourism said April had been a poor month because of the volcanic ash which disrupted numerous flights.”
“Two men were on the Skyjet bike when it crashed at Winchester Road in Sandy early on Saturday.”
“Damon Kitchener, 19, from Sandy was taken to Bedford South Wing hospital but pronounced dead an hour later.”
“An 18-year-old from Great Camborne in Cambridgeshire dislocated his shoulder.”
“The 20-year-old fell from the third floor of the Abbey Hotel”
“fell from the third floor of the Abbey Hotel”
“died on Monday afternoon”
“He made 18 League Two appearances for the Ravens in 2025-2026, scoring twice”
“The 29-year-old”
“arrived last summer following his departure from Notts County”
