35,843 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 180 of 359.
“We are working on one live extrication right now”
“During the 1984 restoration of the Statue of Liberty, construction worker Anthony Soraci was pictured planting a kiss on Lady Liberty’s forehead”
“Since launching in 2006, the chat show has brought BBC One viewers ...”
“More than 1,400 people are dead and over 3,200 injured, according to authorities”
“more than 200 feet off the ground”
“the nightly 30‑minute show runs all year round except for a two‑week break at Christmas and a four‑week summer holiday.”
“Miller sees the American palate as more international today than it was 250 years ago.”
“The restoration project was a four-year endeavor that saw the monument encased in scaffolding as architects, engineers and conservators came together to ensure the Statue of Liberty’s preservation for the next 100 years.”
““Now, it is our last show before we take a four‑week break,” she said.”
“"In 1776, it was very much European based … but now we're just eating stuff from all over. We really have a world on the plate."”
“40 years after Reagan’s speech”
“The One Show returns to screens on July 27.”
“for the first time in the office's history”
“United States’ 250th anniversary with a week full of festive events”
“£800million worth of cuts have been proposed.”
“Our biggest challenge right now is that we have single digit humidities and the wind gusts are around 45 miles per hour," said Alyssa Mason, a spokesperson assigned to the fire. "That's on top of fuel moistures between 2 and 8 percent.”
“Julian Champagnie agreed to a three-year, $45 million contract”
“Radio 4’s The World Tonight, which has run for 56 years, is said to have fallen victim to the money‑saving measures.”
“peaked three weeks earlier than normal and was also the lowest on record, according to the state's division of water resources.”
“The Spurs declined Champagnie’s $3 million team option”
“Currently co-hosted by Alex Jones, Roman Kemp, Ronan Keating, and Lauren Laverne, the nightly 30-minute show runs all year round except for a two-week break at Christmas and a four-week summer holiday.”
“forest fires now burn ten times more acreage annually than in 1985.”
“with $42 million in new money”
“Consequently, futures could be uncertain for a number of household names, as the corporation is allegedly planning to cut 550 hours of content across TV and radio.”
“Our panelists tell three stories about game shows in the news, only one of which is true.”
“averaged career highs in minutes (27.6), points (11.1), and rebounds (5.8)”
“This means BBC Breakfast will no longer air on Sunday mornings come September”
“Alzo Slade reads three news-related limericks”
“He played in all 82 games”
“Over on the airwaves, Radio 4’s The World Tonight, which has run for 56 years, is said to have fallen victim to the money-saving measures.”
“rescuers saved only three people from the rubble.”
“set a franchise single-season record with 195 3-pointers”
“everything that I'm saying - sorry - (crying) happened in a matter of six seconds.”
“averaged 17.3 points per game over Games 5-7”
“His body was pulled from the rubble two weeks after the collapse.”
“more than 300,000 Haitians to live and work in the U.S. since a deadly earthquake struck the island in 2010.”
“Temporary protected status has been granted to some 1.3 million immigrants from more than a dozen countries, including Venezuela and Ukraine.”
“Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I”
“He noted that 32 countries, including the United States, Syria and Lebanon, have also classified the violence as a genocide.”
“Gaza's Health Ministry, part of the Hamas government, says over 73,000 people have been killed, roughly half of them women and children.”
“The government says more than 900 people have been killed and more than 3,000 injured.”
“that critical window of 48 to 72 hours to find survivors is obviously closing.”
“he's been here for the past three days, helping to remove debris”
“The Pulitzer Prize-winning play written by David Auburn was first performed 26 years ago”
“And in Robert's case, when you're done what you believe is your best work at 25, and you still have 50 years of life left”
“Where were you five years ago?”
“I was working 14-hour days.”
“I saved that for the last three holes on the golf course.”
“Count to 10.”
“a hundred percent observed success rate”
“It takes about three to four hours for it to build an entire web high up from the ground.”
“The acceleration at which the ant gets propelled is about 1,360 meters per second squared. That's equal to about 140 G's.”
“That's over five times what trained fighter pilots can handle.”
“Almost three miles of juneberries line Chicago's Bloomingdale Trail, which attracts runners and cyclists.”
“To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the trail, Tawse wrote "Berries For Bloomingdale: The Serviceberry Cookbook."”
“It has more than 20 recipes, from baked goods to savory dishes.”
“It was, like, 105 degrees”
“We are a small island nation of 10 Islands”
“They tied 0-0 with Saudi”
“the U.S. is coming off of a 3-2 loss in its final group stage match against Turkey.”
“Balogun scored twice in the opening game against Paraguay”
“If a team plays 90 minutes and they're even, they play an extra 30 minutes.”
“worried families report nearly 70,000 people as missing.”
“Venezuelan officials say at least 1,450 people were killed by two powerful earthquakes last week.”
“It was a place where scuba divers loved to go because they could see 15, 20, 30 feet underwater because the lake was so clear.”
“There's about a hundred that underwater archaeologists have identified.”
“And the experts think there are probably about another 100 that are yet to be discovered.”
“It can live more than a hundred years old”
“They traveled 500 miles of the eels' migration journey”
“which is a total of about 3,000 miles.”
“France recorded its hottest day ever, one town hitting 111 degrees.”
“Spain topped 113”
“Across Europe, more than 300 people have died since last week”
“In Vilnius, Lithuania - which shattered its all-time June record Sunday at 97 degrees”
“She ends up being freed, and she still stays with George Washington, for seven years of the war”
“There were 850 women and children encamped with George Washington at Valley Forge, the beginning of the war, and then that number grows”
“Three firefighters were killed and two others injured Saturday while they tackled wildfires on the Colorado-Utah border, the U.S. Wildland Fire Service announced.”
“In a press release, the Department of the Interior said the five firefighters were involved in a "burnover incident,"”
“The department said the two firefighters who survived were being treated for burn injuries.”
“Alyssa Mason, a spokesperson assigned to the Cottonwood Fire, told NPR that crews this weekend had been dealing with single-digit humidity and wind gusts of around 45 miles per hour, on top of fuel moisture readings between 2% and 8%.”
“The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City issued what it described as a "particularly dangerous situation" red flag warning on Friday, the first time it has used that designation in its history.”
“The National Interagency Fire Center reported that nearly 3 million acres have burned across the country since the start of the year,”
“taking a four-hour car ride”
“it was one or two guys kind of standing by the side of the road”
“This is an area where conflict has been ongoing for 30 years”
“It signed one last year with four non-EU European countries and is in talks with Canada, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates.”
“we're talking over a thousand miles into Russia at times”
“NPR's Scott Simon spoke with Tree in 2023 for his album "Alone in a Crowd"”
“for sometimes, you know, 30, 40,000 people at a time.”
“killed nearly 1,500 people across the capital and surrounding areas in northern Venezuela.”
“one official told us that from the building that I'm standing in front of right now - which we were here last night too - they did rescue one person this morning alive.”
“Today, we were in front of a 12-story building”
“I spoke to one woman, Jaymarie Blanco (ph), who told me that she had lost her home in a 1999 landslide.”
“1942's "Flying Tigers"”
“By the 1970s, a more jaundiced view of war came into focus in movies like "Apocalypse Now."”
“"The Best Years Of Our Lives," from 1946.”
“I remember seeing it when it came out in 1998.”
“About two young siblings trying to survive during the final months of World War II in Japan.”
“Integrating with modern Korean popular culture helped the National Museum of Korea jump to the third-most visited museum in the world last year, behind only the Louvre in Paris and the Vatican museums. That's according to the British magaz…”
“And I believe that's how the Korean Wave has been able to last for nearly 30 years now.”
