35,843 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 139 of 359.
“The Boston Tea Party protest was targeted at the British government's passing of the Tea Act in 1773”
“well past the halfway mark, at 36-50”
“Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei will not attend the funeral ceremonies for his father, former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, due to security concerns, according to Ayatollah Hakim Elahi, the current leader's representative in Indi…”
“Dr Graham Moore from The National Archives said the discovery is "one of the rarest forms of the Declaration we know about", adding that it was not meant to be preserved due to the intention to distribute it quickly. "The copy we have is o…”
“Almost 3,000 tourists have been evacuated from a Mediterranean holiday hotspot as overwhelming wildfires engulfed several areas in the south of France.”
“by 1992, when the ABC visited Vanuatu, beef had become the country's second biggest earner”
“"The first documented example of a mortar and pestle used to grind coffee beans was on the Mayflower" in 1620, says historian Michelle Craig McDonald, the author of Coffee Nation: How One Commodity Transformed the Early United States.”
“20 games behind the first-place Dodgers in the National League West and 10 games in arrears of the third and last NL Wild Card spot”
“The terms of the Islamabad MoU are crystal clear and public for all to see. POTUS has committed the US to muzzling its pets in Tel Aviv. If they ignore their master, Iran will school them. Any threat against our People and Leadership will …”
“An ICRC statement said the organisation had provided basic training and first aid kits to about 70 members of the "armed opposition" last month.”
“Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said that around 1,200 firefighters had been mobilised to tackle the infernos.”
“The first coffeehouse in the colonies opened in 1676 in Boston, a century before the U.S. declared independence, she says.”
“In San Diego’s case, the Padres were winning and went on to the World Series for the first time in their 56‑year history, losing to a Tigers team that was one of the best in history in five games.”
“Bolt’s main residence remains his luxury Kingston mansion in Jamaica, often valued between $2.5 million and $7.5 million”
“It has 140 international and 1,540 national staff based in its main delegation in Kabul and in five sub-delegations and 10 offices countrywide.”
“The Interiror Minister also confirmed that nearly 900 hectares of forest have been destroyed in Herault and Aude, alongside 260 hectares in Lancon-Provence.”
“On the night of Dec. 16, 1773, disgruntled colonists boarded three ships moored in Boston Harbor and threw overboard more than 92,000 pounds of tea owned by the British East India Company.”
“The world generated approximately 62 million metric tons of electronic waste in 2022, according to the United Nations’ Global E-waste Monitor.”
“Trans-Atlantic investment totals roughly $7.4 trillion, annual trade near $2 trillion”
“Afghanistan is the ICRC's biggest operation worldwide.”
“Last year, more than 2,000 wildfires were detected in European Union countries, with the total burnt area exceeding 1 million hectares. The figure marked the highest number of blazes recorded across 12 months in over two decades.”
“" 'No sir, said she, we have renounced all Tea in this Place. I cant make Tea, but I'le make you Coffee.' Accordingly I have drank Coffee every Afternoon since, and have borne it very well. Tea must be universally renounced. I must be wean…”
“Only 22.3 percent was documented as formally collected and recycled through environmentally sound systems.”
“In a report on Tuesday looking at the state of Afghanistan's health services, the ICRC said that "fighting, mines and road blocks" were preventing many people in the conflict-affected areas from getting to hospital.”
“In August 2025, a devastating wildfire erupted in the country's Corbieres Massif mountain range, burning over 17,000 hectares and killing one person. The blaze was the largest recorded in France in almost 80 years.”
“She studied advertisements from the 1760s and '70s to estimate how many shops sold coffee versus tea. Even before the Boston Tea Party, she says, "coffee is definitely more broadly available than tea is. A big reason? It was cheaper. "Its …”
“Dr. Moslener added while many firms have announced transition ambitions, comparatively few have talked about how they plan to align capital expenditure with those ambitions by systematically shifting investment away from carbon-intensive a…”
“Fourteen were fined £30 for not wearing a seat belt”
“A related plan to house 750 asylum seekers on an MoD site near Bicester was ultimately cancelled in 2005 after improvements in processing asylum claims reduced the need for long-term accommodation.”
“In Britain, coffeehouses were nicknamed "penny universities," Pendergrast says: "because for a penny you could go and learn a whole lot by sitting around in a coffeehouse and discussing everything."”
“A 2025 study published in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications found some evidence people remember unfinished work better, but confirmed a real, durable tendency to pick it back up.”
“two were fined £60 and given three points on their licences for using mobile phones while driving”
“The campaign notes asylum seekers currently receive less than £10 a week in support while their claims are processed, often for extended periods, during which they are legally barred from working.”
“He is also a 1,000 kg (2,200 pound) elephant seal. ... His social media following more than double Tasmania's human population. ... Neil, the only male elephant seal to visit Tasmania in years, has commanded an enthralled TikTok following …”
“a 2019 study published in Frontiers in Psychology that attempted to replicate the finding came up empty, so it’s best read as suggestive rather than settled.”
“The number of drivers not using seatbelts was obviously concerning because it puts them at serious risk but there were at least no drivers breaking the speed limit, which is reassuring.”
“Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has separately announced asylum seekers will be required to repay up to £10,000 towards the cost of their accommodation once they begin earning, modelled loosely on student loan repayments.”
“In a 2023 episode, a walrus known as Freya who drew huge crowds in Norway was euthanized after officials cited a growing risk to human safety.”
“The rough average audience (of downloads and views) for an episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” in 2026 so far, according to data from Podscribe, which now edges an average nightly primetime viewership of Fox News on cable.”
“which left a man with injuries to one arm and both legs.”
“The group says it counts 733 priests worldwide.”
“In May one of their relief convoys was attacked and a ICRC delegate was killed and the organization pulled out of the area until mid-July.”
“A Pew Research Center study published in September found 32% of respondents said they get news from podcasts either sometimes or often, a 45% increase from in 2020.”
“Officers were called to Grange Avenue late on 6 June.”
“In 1988, Archbishop Lefebvre, alongside and four bishops he had ordained without the permission of the then pope, John Paul II, were excommunicated, including a British bishop, Richard Williamson.”
“Last December, in response to the 'ethnic cleansing' in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the ICRC issued an unprecedented public statement condemning the atrocities there.”
“That’s the monthly increase in homeowner’s insurance for the average American, according to Harvard’s State of the Nation’s Housing report. That’s a 72% jump in six years...”
“Officers searched properties last week as part of the inquiry.”
“In 2009, the conservative Pope Benedict lifted the excommunications on the SSPX.”
“Malan's written a book about his return to his homeland [...] and spend the next eight years in exile.”
“That’s the cost of a common memory chip made by Micron, a 271.43% increase in just the past year, supply chain services company Circular Technology told the Wall Street Journal, as an increasing demand from AI data centers has siphoned awa…”
“Grange Avenue was sealed off after the incident while investigations were carried out.”
“As part of the decree, the Society's total of six bishops were excommunicated. On top of this, the decree added any lay members who "formally adhere" to the group "are to be considered schismatic and excommunicated".”
“the first subscription concert it gave following its two-month-long strike”
“while service recovers, LNER trains running between these stations "may still be delayed by up to 20 minutes or cancelled"”
“More than 500,000 Catholics from an ultra-conservative breakaway sect have been excommunicated from the Vatican in a rare move by Pope Leo XIV.”
“recorded on November 22nd at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia”
“It is one of 14 official Bangladeshi brothels.”
“As part of the decree, the Society's total of six bishops were excommunicated.”
“the performance of Beethoven's 'Eroica' Symphony is 55 minutes long”
“It is a vast brothel, where 800 women and girls lead painful and degrading lives, in the otherwise pleasant town of Tangail...”
“Billy Cartawick, 34, will attempt the Three Peaks Challenge on July 11, covering 23 miles and ascending 3,064 metres across Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon.”
“57:30”
“But the brothel, which is only a five minute walk from the town centre, is policed by men...”
“His fundraising efforts have already generated over £1,000, with Mr Cartawick having spoken to Jake's father and grandmother and hoping to meet the family later this year.”
“So the U.S. is coming off of a 3-2 loss in its final group stage match against Turkey.”
“She says she is taking the steroids so that her own child will have a better future... Ranu, who is now 28...”
“Ohio hosts the second-largest Somalian immigrant population in America, second only to Minnesota.”
“A reminder, Balogun scored twice in the opening game against Paraguay...”
“Aklima Begum Akhi, the head of the Tangail Sex Worker's Association, worries about the effects of the steroids.”
“Estimates suggest approximately 10,000 Somali residents live in Ohio, although Democratic State Senator Hearcel Craig has indicated the actual figure could be considerably higher, potentially reaching between 60,000 and 70,000 people.”
“Professor Narendra and his colleagues published a paper this week that details the ballistic speed with which a new spider hunts its prey with a hundred percent observed success rate.”
“The 11-year-old boy was riding his scooter over a zebra crossing on Querns Lane, Cirencester, about 14:40 BST on 26 June when he was hit.”
“According to the DWP, close to two million people have now completed the switch from what the department described as "outdated" benefits to the universal credit system.”
“A hundred forty times the force of gravity. That's over five times what trained fighter pilots can handle.”
“The Jaguar run was the first motoring event to drive through the new national park, which officially came into being on 31 March.”
“The successful completion of the move to Universal Credit marks a major milestone, with nearly two million people having now moved on to Universal Credit from legacy benefits, including income-related employment and support allowance and h…”
“The spiders are part of the Propostira genus of spiders. They're new to Australia, and professor Narendra says these mavericks have never been seen hunting like this before.”
“Mexico have only lost twice in competitive matches at the Estadio Azteca - against Costa Rica in 2001 and Honduras in 2013 - since they began playing matches there in 1966”
“Research published by the Child Poverty Action Group in August 2025 raised concerns that some people were "slipping through the net" during the transition process, with evidence that claimants "are missing deadlines and losing their income…”
“The best analogy we could think of was the medieval Roman weapon, which is the ballist. And we said, let's call it the ballista spider.”
“Two 15-year-old boys have suffered 2nd degree burns in an explosion inside a World War II bunker in Oxfordshire.”
“Even with the migration scheme in place, housing benefit continues for approximately 1.6 million claimants, primarily those living in temporary accommodation or who have reached state pension age, according to DWP figures for February.”
“SESSER claims the continent of Asia consumes half the world's cigarettes.”
“It is thought the teenagers were smoking inside the pillbox off London Street, near Faringdon, on Sunday.”
“These include reforms to Universal Credit aimed at removing obstacles that previously steered people towards long-term sickness benefits, the introduction of a "right to try" policy, and a £3.5billion commitment to help sick and disabled i…”
“because three hundred million people smoke”
“Kevin O'Toole, 19, died instantly when he lost control of his car on the Culmore Road in Londonderry last June.”
“Mr. Jendrzejczyk believes that paranoia in the Chinese government toward the democracy movement has increased in recent months as economic reforms have triggered more unrest.”
“His family found out that mobile phone use had been a contributory factor to the accident at the inquest into his death earlier this week.”
“The book was co-written with his daughter Lori Marshall.”
“"It's so sad that one second of picking a mobile phone off the ground took Kevin's life," said Elizabeth O'Toole.”
“The forward in the book was written by Marshall's sister Actress/Director Penny Marshall.”
“"Kevin wasn't even going 40mph," she added.”
“The Johnsons, who own the site, said staff responded to the incident "within minutes of the first radio call", and the child was rescued shortly afterwards and given first aid.”
“The zoo, which is based at the family-run farm in Old Hurst near Huntingdon, has more than 100 animals, including lions, tigers and meerkats. Crocodilians first arrived on the farm in 2006 and species now include, broad snouted caiman, Nil…”
“The zoo, which is based at the family-run farm in Old Hurst near Huntingdon, has more than 100 animals, including lions, tigers and meerkats.”
“Crocodilians first arrived on the farm in 2006 and species now include, broad snouted caiman, Nile crocodiles and American alligator.”
“Miss Lawrence, who was 35 years old when she went missing, was last seen leaving her workplace in York on 18 March 2009.”
“The searches, which started on Monday and ended on Tuesday, also involved an underwater search team, who searched culverts which form part of the property.”
