33,292 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 128 of 333.
“But after guitarist Doug Lancio left the band two weeks ago, replacement Julian Lage had a prior commitment in Brooklyn that night...”
“Between now and 2050, we’ll have to produce more copper than has been mined throughout all of human history, according to one study.”
“temperatures topping 36°C in some parts of the country.”
“The company notes that the Care Bears has reached consumers in more than 190 countries, appearing in 26 languages.”
“Buffett has given more than $47 billion to the foundation between 2006 and 2025, according to Reuters.”
“Caio Rocha Aguiar Arrabal, 44, clambered onto the rock in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to take the now-tragic snap before falling almost 500 feet to his death”
““I have known Carl for about fifteen years.”
“Tesla and SpaceX's trillionaire CEO has reposted or commented approvingly on at least eight posts on X criticizing Scott's giving in the past four days.”
“Since the start of the year, 11,821 have made the treacherous crossing to Britain’s shores as of June 25.”
“Finland on Tuesday pulled the plug on analogue landline phone calls after almost 150 years, the latest country to push forward in a global transition towards digital infrastructure.”
“We’re still recovering from last week’s UK heatwave, which saw record June temperatures of 37.3°C and health warnings across the country.”
“Over a few days, Payne's Instagram follower count grew from about 5,000 to nearly six million. He has a larger following, he pointed out, than the population of the country he hails from (New Zealand's population is just over 5.3 million).”
“13th-century Russian prince”
“He couldn’t make the show in Austin because he was booked at National Sawdust in Brooklyn for an hourlong Q&A with The New Yorker’s Alec Wilkinson, followed by an acoustic performance.”
“after around 9.20pm on Tuesday, 30 June.”
“The company notes that the Care Bears has reached consumers in more than 190 countries”
“the foundation, which told Fortune first last summer it plans to spend down its endowment and shutter at the end of 2045, accelerating its giving in the years ahead.”
“The Pedra do Macaco trail takes around 40 minutes to climb and is about half-a-mile long”
“He directed me in a film titled 47 Ronin in 2011, and we stayed in touch after production, later becoming friends,” the 61-year-old Canadian actor wrote.”
“Scott's Yield Giving website says her team has disbursed more than 2,700 gifts totaling over $26 billion, including more than $7 billion last year.”
“The total number of illegal migrants who have arrived by small boats is 76,535 since Sir Keir Starmer entered office in July 2024.”
“From Tuesday, only local operators will still offer landline plans in Finland, serving a few thousand customers who rely on local calls, according to public broadcaster Yle.”
“Another heatwave is due to come, with highs of 32°C predicted across several days next week.”
“You have had, in the last five to 10 years, the rise of athlete-stars who are all hype, all social media following... 'Your performance across the whole arc of the game doesn't matter as much as having a signature moment that'll play well,…”
“German invasion in 1939”
“...replacement Julian Lage had a prior commitment in Brooklyn that night, and second guitarist Bob Britt suddenly quit the group with a “Sayonara Bobby” Facebook post a couple of days earlier...”
“bought the flat in 2022 for £113,000 with a deposit of £20,000”
“appearing in 26 languages”
“French Gates split from Gates in 2021 after nearly 30 years of marriage and resigned as cochair of what was then the $63 billion Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2024, walking away with an additional $12.5 billion to commit to her own wo…”
“Caio Rocha Aguiar Arrabal, 44, clambered onto the rock in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to take the now-tragic snap before falling almost 500 feet to his death, Brazilian outlet Globo reported.”
“I attended his wedding in Uruguay in 2014.”
“The philanthropic organization has supported more than 2,000 non-profits, ranging from Meals on Wheels and Habitat for Humanity to Ghetto Film School and the Florida Immigrant Coalition.”
“The Hamas‑led attacks in October that year which resulted in 1,200 deaths and 251 hostages being taken.”
“Janet Purkess, 87, died shortly after disembarking from the Saga Sapphire in Bridgetown, Barbados, in 2020.”
“He last performed there Saturday, June 27, two days before his debut with Dylan.”
“initially put the proeprty up for sale in February for £120,000”
“The Pedra do Macaco trail takes around 40 minutes to climb and is about half-a-mile long.”
“Ukraine uses 200,000 of them a month to defend against Russian forces”
“The world's richest man defended the suspension of USAID programs and staff layoffs as an effort to clamp down on waste, fraud, and abuse.”
“Currently, around 8.4 million people claim Universal Credit across the UK, with around half of the number of claimants being out of work entirely.”
“Three brothers have vowed to continue their six-year battle to hold someone accountable after their mother was crushed to death by a ship refuelling truck while on a £16,000 Caribbean cruise.”
“Hours before Paterson made his debut with Dylan, his Joel Paterson Quartet bandmate Natalie Scharf wrote on Facebook that he’d be absent from the Monday gig for the next two or three weeks...”
“he has only had three viewings and no offers”
“Buffett has donated around $48 billion total to the Gates Foundation — making the charity by far the largest beneficiary of his philanthropy.”
“Oxford University Press on Tuesday added “elbows up” to the Oxford English Dictionary.”
“He also wrote in a now-deleted post in March 2024: 'super rich ex-wives who hate their former spouse' should be included among the 'Reasons that Western Civilization died.'”
“The Boeing 777 aircraft disappeared in March 2014 whilst travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people aboard, comprising 227 passengers and 12 crew members.”
“The coroner has concluded the death was an accident, involving a lorry "with none of the usual safety features, reversing at speed in a congested roadway on the breakwater of a busy port".”
“...and guitarist Andy Brown would take his place. She didn’t mention that he was about to play “All Along the Watchtower” and 15 other songs with Dylan at a 5,000-seat amphitheater in Austin.”
“the first estate agent Matt had the property listed with dropped the asking price within 14 days of the flat going on the market to £110,000”
“The Gates Foundation remains one of the world’s largest philanthropic organizations, saying it has distributed roughly $110 billion since its creation to support global health, vaccine development, tuberculosis treatments and women’s healt…”
“The term “cashspiel,” which comes from curling and means “a competition or tournament held for cash prizes,” was also included in Tuesday’s update to the dictionary.”
“The United States is about to celebrate its 250th birthday, but some of its most famous traditions are even older.”
“That contract covered an initial search zone spanning 15,000 square kilometres in the same oceanic region where investigators believe the plane went down.”
“An unlicensed truck driver, Anthony Omar Walcott, reversed at speed over Mrs Purkess on the breakwater road, thinking he had run over a laundry bag, the coroner said. His lorry had no reversing alarm and poor sight-lines, and his firm's co…”
“...he did play pedal steel on four Dylan songs (“If Not for You,” “To Ramona,” “When to See the Gypsy,” and “Tell Me That It Isn’t True”) on the 2022 Cactus Blossoms EP Bob Dylan Songs Vol. 1.”
“the asking price now being “offers in excess of’ £90,000””
“Last year, Gates announced plans to spend more than $200 billion over the next two decades before winding down the foundation entirely by the end of 2045.”
“The term “point form,” which Oxford University Press describes as “chiefly Canadian,” has also been included.”
“Thanksgiving has been celebrated since 1621 — nearly 400 years — while the Fourth of July has been celebrated since 1777, predating the swearing in of the nation's first president by over a decade.”
“The extension will enable Ocean Infinity to complete its survey of the outstanding search area, which covers 7,428.54 square kilometres.”
“They also gave themselves at least 60 days to reach a final deal that covers Iran's nuclear programme, US sanctions and a permanent truce.”
“I was not fired but left of my own accord for reasons I would prefer to keep private.”
“looking to buy a property for £250,000”
“As part of that transition, foundation leadership has informed employees that staffing will be reduced by as many as 500 positions over the next several years while operating expenses are capped.”
“The Cree term “kokum,” which means a grandmother or any elderly woman, was included in the dictionary Tuesday as well.”
“Mardi Gras's origins come from a French-Canadian explorer, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, who arrived in Louisiana in March 1699. He named the location at the mouth of the Mississippi River Point du Mardi Gras, according to History.com.”
“Kerr, who now lives in Dallas, Texas, spent more than two years at the now demolished Kincora home.”
“Later in the comment thread, she wrote “word is he’s coming back” in reference to Lage.”
“new data shows that 60 per cent of homes listed for sale in January were still on the market in June”
“But the first recorded Mardi Gras celebration actually took place in Mobile, Alabama, four years later.”
“The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) said Pope Leo had appointed the Archbishop of Westminster, Richard Moth, as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Northampton, which covers Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire an…”
“We have also learned that Lage indeed plans on playing additional dates with Dylan this year when his schedule permits.”
“On 1 May, millions of tenants were given a swathe of new rights”
“The first reference to pumpkin carving in the US was in the children's magazine Harper's Young People, which reported "a great sacrifice of pumpkins" for Halloween in 1866.”
“Lage’s schedule makes it possible for him to make every show besides the July 4 gig in Kansas City, Missouri.”
“More than one million people have applied to get legal status in Spain as part of a divisive migrant amnesty that ended on Tuesday.”
“Fireworks have also been a tradition since the first Fourth of July. That year, the Pennsylvania Evening Post reported, "At night there was a grand exhibition of fireworks (which began and concluded with thirteen rockets) on the Commons, a…”
“Dylan’s tour resumes Tuesday night in New Braunfels, Texas. The U.S. leg wraps up Aug. 1 in Nashville.”
“The more than one million applications submitted… show how necessary this recognition of rights and responsibilities was”
“Other states and cities have their own groundhogs, too. New York City's official groundhog, known as Staten Island Chuck, has an accuracy rating of 85%, according to the NOAA.”
“Things get trickier when Dylan goes to Europe in October...”
“Mohamed, a Moroccan jobseeker living in the northern region of Cantabria, told AFP news agency that he had been in Spain irregularly for about four years”
“The first Groundhog Day was started by a newspaper editor Clymer Freas, who proposed the idea to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, according to History.com.”
“exactly nine years since 4:44 first dropped”
“he had been in Spain irregularly for about four years”
“Hanukkah was actually a relatively minor holiday before it saw a rise in popularity in the US. Gift-giving had started by the 1920s, largely because "parents didn't want their children to feel left out as their peers received presents ever…”
“4:44 was released in 2017”
“Thanksgiving has been celebrated since 1621 — nearly 400 years — while the Fourth of July has been celebrated since 1777...”
“followed it up a year later with the collaborative LP Everything Is Love”
“...the Fourth of July has been celebrated since 1777, predating the swearing in of the nation's first president by over a decade.”
“30th anniversary of Jay’s debut album, Reasonable Doubt”
“two nights headlining Yankee Stadium in New York City on July 10 and 11”
“25th anniversary”
“Paris (Sept. 10)”
“Los Angeles (Oct. 23)”
“all 13 of Jay’s solo albums”
“eight-part documentary”
“pair of pop-up exhibits”
“latest 30 years”
