33,292 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 197 of 333.
“Its total number of buildings over 150 meters tall is nearly double the amount in New York City, and far ahead of Chicago, the home of the world’s first-ever skyscraper, which has 137.”
“Eldon Square bus station closed on 10 June for resurfacing and other works”
“On March 23, 2025, Euclid turned its gaze toward the galactic bulge, capturing this enormous image in just 26 hours of observations.”
“Seven in 10 U.S. employers report difficulty finding the talent they need.”
“In 1968, FC Barcelona president Narcís de Carreras stood before the club’s membership and declared Barça was “més que un club“—more than a club.”
“42 percent doing so most of the time”
“on track to reopen on Monday”
“The image is a mosaic containing more than 60 million stars, as well as nebulae and star clusters.”
“Nearly 70% of student parents work while enrolled”
“Nearly half prefer shows released all at once rather than weekly”
“City bus station to close for three weeks”
“a mosaic composed of nine separate “pointings” (exposures) by its visible-light camera”
“48 hours of 'continuous firefighting'”
“Each pointing that Euclid captures in just a few hours covers an area 270 times larger than Hubble's field of view.”
“12 fire engines”
“the Keck Observatory would require roughly 2,000 hours to observe the same mosaic.”
“just before 22:00 BST on Saturday”
“During the last 20 years, almost 300 exoplanets have been discovered using this technique”
“four fire engines”
“This image from Euclid includes 51 known planetary systems”
“The 9.7m (32ft) tall 'Cornucopia' mural, on the side of a building near Leeds Corn Exchange and Kirkgate Market, was painted by Ilkley-based artist Graeme Willson in 1990.”
“In 24 hours, Euclid has already captured the stars involved in all the future microlensing events that the Roman space telescope will detect”
“It shows the goddess alongside a picture of the Corn Exchange, which opened in 1864 as a trading hub for local grain merchants, millers and agricultural traders.”
“In just 24 hours, Euclid has delivered unique data on the Milky Way’s center”
“The mural, on the side of a building occupied by vintage clothes shop Blue Rinse, won the Leeds Award for Architecture and the Environment the year it was unveiled.”
“He founded the Yorkshire Mural Artists' Group in 1978 with a view to bring art out of galleries and into public spaces where more people could see and appreciate it.”
“Willson, who died in 2018, is considered by many as a pioneer of the public art movement.”
“the 320 spot-kicks taken across 35 penalty shootouts since 1982”
“La Roja missed all three kicks in the last 16 against Morocco to take their total to nine.”
“West Germany's Harald Schumacher (faced nine) and Argentina's Sergio Goycochea (faced 10) have also saved four.”
“Of those players to put their kick to the right, 72.4% have scored, with 71.1% netting when they go left - and only 61.6% succeeding with a central kick.”
“fewer penalties saved down the middle (19.2% compared with 22.6% by players who pick a side).”
“19.2% of central kicks miss the target (including hitting the woodwork) compared with only 5.7% of shots to either side.”
“the players who go first for each team have the best success rate of scoring - 72.9%.”
“the second and third round of takers - 71.5% each.”
“The fourth round of takers net 64.2% of their kicks, with it rising to 66.7% for the fifth.”
“who only scores 59.4% of the time.”
“both sides brought on players in the final two minutes - Badr Benoun and Pablo Sarabia - and the pair missed.”
“320 spot-kicks taken across 35 penalty shootouts since 1982”
“La Roja missed all three kicks in the last 16 against Morocco to take their total to nine”
“Of those players to put their kick to the right, 72.4% have scored, with 71.1% netting when they go left - and only 61.6% succeeding with a central kick”
“There are actually fewer penalties saved down the middle (19.2% compared with 22.6% by players who pick a side)”
“But 19.2% of central kicks miss the target (including hitting the woodwork) compared with only 5.7% of shots to either side”
“There is no obvious advantage to the team going first or second - winning 17 and 18 shootouts respectively”
“It is probably not surprising that the players who go first for each team have the best success rate of scoring - 72.9%”
“It only drops slightly for the second and third round of takers - 71.5% each”
“The fourth round of takers net 64.2% of their kicks, with it rising to 66.7% for the fifth”
“Only two shootouts have gone to sudden death - with a 50% hit rate of the four players taking the sixth penalties - and none have gone beyond that”
“The least successful taker (outside of sudden death) is the player who goes eighth overall - ie the second kicker in the fourth round of kicks - who only scores 59.4% of the time”
“Midfielders have netted 67.9% of theirs (out of 140), with defenders scoring 65% of the time (out of 80)”
“There is no noteworthy difference between the success rates of right-footed players (69.5%) and lefties (68.8%). However, exactly 80% of penalties have been taken with the right foot”
“If we take those who come on for the final five minutes of injury time, there are only five (three of which were in 2022) - and only two of those scored”
“Tim Krul came on in the 121st minute against Costa Rica in the 2014 quarter-finals - and saved two penalties in his country's win”
“When I was six years old, I started to learn to ring”
“A few years later we got married and along came our two children”
“I think we took [Ewan] up a tower when he was two days old”
“they won on their own bells back in 2019," remembers David.”
“These are bells we ring once or twice a week, every week.”
“part of York Minster's 12-strong team of bell-ringers”
“David, now 57, rings every Sunday morning and Tuesday evening”
“alongside his wife Alison, 57”
“The couple are joined by their son, 24-year-old Ewan”
“Bell-ringing is something David has done for more than 50 years”
“Son Ewan met his partner, Rachel Mahoney, 24, through bell-ringing”
“Before this year's victory, the York team last won in 2002”
“David's bell-ringing team are only the third York side to win the contest, which began in 1975”
“York previously won in 2002 at Winchester Cathedral and before that in 1999 on home turf at York Minster”
“they won on their own bells back in 2019”
“York Minster's 12-strong team of bell-ringers”
“David, now 57”
“Alison, 57”
“Ewan, 24-year-old”
“named as champions in the National 12-bell Striking Contest”
“Ewan started bell-ringing from the age of six”
“we got married and along came our two children”
“Rachel Mahoney, 24”
“we took [Ewan] up a tower when he was two days old”
“York team last won in 2002”
“York side to win the contest, which began in 1975”
“Exeter, who also have a big ring of bells, like York, they won on their own bells back in 2019”
“"I've had a terrible 10 years. I don't know how you expect me to care about something like this."”
“American icon Serena Williams, 44, is making a blockbuster singles comeback after four years away from the sport”
“Cameron Norrie, who is the only British seed (26th) in the men's draw”
“British number one Emma Raducanu - seeded 30th - was due to face Croatia's Antonia Ruzic on Monday”
“There are 21 home players across the two singles draws and 18 are playing opponents ranked inside the world's top 55”
“where he lost in the second round because of a combination of sickness and fatigue in the Paris heatwave”
“Venus Williams, who has won five singles and six doubles titles at the All England Club.”
“There are 21 home players across the two singles draws and 18 are playing opponents ranked inside the world's top 55.”
“Cameron Norrie, who is the only British seed (26th) in the men's draw, has the experience of a deep run having reached the semi-finals in 2022 and quarter-finals last year.”
“British number one Emma Raducanu - seeded 30th - was due to face Croatia's Antonia Ruzic on Monday but pulled out on the eve of the tournament because of a stress fracture in her lower right leg.”
“The world number one has not played competitively since, but feels physically and mentally prepared as he looks to win a fifth major title.”
“Djokovic goes once again for a standalone record 25th major title, having remained tied with Australia's Margaret Court since the 2023 US Open.”
“The 28-year-old Belarusian missed a golden opportunity to add to her tally of four major titles - and her first not on a hard court - when she capitulated in the Roland Garros quarter-finals from a set and 4-1 up.”
“Second seed Elena Rybakina, the SW19 champion in 2022, is always a threat because of her huge serve, while Iga Swiatek, last year's runner-up Amanda Anisimova and recently crowned French Open champion Mirra Andreeva are expected to go far.”
“Former world number four Draper is the one with the biggest game to make an impact.”
“GMP said the boy missing in Salford had last been seen shortly before 17:00.”
“he had got into difficulty at 18:30 BST on Saturday at Cowbury Reservoir in Stalybridge, Tameside.”
“the boy missing in Salford had last been seen shortly before 17:00.”
“up to 20 teenagers were rescued from choppy seas off the Lancashire coast.”
“Our analysis shows that overall the private jet has travelled at least 31,144 miles (50,122km) and spent more than 66 hours in the air between the start of the tournament and 27 June.”
