33,292 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 216 of 333.
“Israel's Arab neighbors invaded in 1967 and 1973.”
“It has an obligation to its crown territories in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Pacific.”
“More than 100 firefighters were battling a major industrial fire in north Edmonton on Friday morning after flames tore through a 60,000-square-foot warehouse near Yellowhead Trail.”
“In their first match on Friday, June 12, the U.S. defeated Paraguay 4-1 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.”
“The United States was the first country in the world to recognize the Jewish state of Israel, in 1948.”
“it has a place in the UN Security Council as a permanent member.”
“60,000-square-foot warehouse”
“The U.S. defeated Australia 2-0 at Lumen Seattle on Friday, June 19, to clinch their spot in the Round of 32.”
“They persisted through an exile of two thousand years—the longest of any people, anywhere—plus conquests and expulsions as well as inquisitions and pogroms.”
“The UK 'tilted' to the Indo-Pacific in this decade to embrace technological cooperation”
“shortly before 4 a.m. local time.”
“The U.S. lost to Turkey 3-2 in their final Group D match at SoFi.”
“he wrote in 1790.”
“A recent analysis of the 2025 German and Dutch elections found that the emotional impact of AI content persists even when people correctly identify it as AI generated, even with a transpar”
“three adjacent neighbourhoods”
“They will play their Round of 32 match on July 1 in Santa Clara, California, against Bosnia and Herzegovina.”
“The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia displays the words of Leviticus 25:10: "Proclaim LIBERTY Throughout all the Land and unto the Inhabitants thereof."”
“She showed me a table on her phone: 5,557 Britons were already "e-residents", and over a thousand British companies were actually domiciled in Estonia.”
“No injuries have been reported.”
“The tournament began on June 11, with co-host Mexico playing the opener in Mexico City against South Africa. The group stage was completed on June 27, and the knockout round began the next day.”
“George Washington welcomed Jews in the United States, sending a letter to synagogue leaders in Newport, Rhode Island: ... he wrote in 1790.”
“the BBC News website heading its rolling coverage of three nights of rioting with the words “Belfast Knife Attack Latest”.”
“may not happen for at least 48 hours.”
“The tournament began on June 11, with co-host Mexico playing the opener in Mexico City against South Africa.”
“"Yes, she was working on a profile of me for '60 Minutes.' In May, her crew traveled to two different locations to follow my work, and we had two additional segments planned: an interview in Tunis, where I live, and another piece before I …”
“Its current population is just shy of two million.”
“The U.S. and Canada played their first games a day later in Los Angeles and Toronto, respectively.”
“Those sanctions were imposed by the Trump administration in July 2025”
“including less than 2,400 refugees in secure accommodation.”
“The group stage was completed on June 27, and the knockout round began the next day.”
“Less than a month before the formal sanctions designation, the Washington Free Beacon first reported that the administration had quietly petitioned the United Nations to fire Albanese over her 'virulent antisemitism and support for terrori…”
“fewer than 5,000 international migrants settle there this century.”
“Vega—who helmed an incendiary January 2025 60 Minutes piece that featured ex-Biden administration officials denouncing American support for Israel's war against Hamas”
“Only 3 per cent of Northern Ireland’s population belong to any ethnic minority at all.”
“Last July, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Albanese 'spewed unabashed antisemitism, expressed support for terrorism and open contempt for the United States, Israel and the West.'”
“He was born in 1937”
“"Yes, she was working on a profile of me for '60 Minutes,'" Albanese told Zeteo about Vega. "In May, her crew traveled to two different locations to follow my work, and we had two additional segments planned: an interview in Tunis, where I…”
“Filming with David Hockney ahead of his huge 2012 Royal Academy exhibition”
“Less than a month before the formal sanctions designation, the Washington Free Beacon first reported that the administration had quietly petitioned the United Nations to fire Albanese over her "virulent antisemitism and support for terrori…”
“he sang an entire aria from The Rake’s Progress, the opera for which he had designed sets in 1975”
“Albanese's husband, World Bank economist Massimiliano Cali, was caught on video last year accusing Israel of "genocide" during an event at the Italian parliament that featured his wife.”
“he was working from first light to dusk, seven days a week”
“Vega—who helmed an incendiary January 2025 60 Minutes piece that featured ex-Biden administration officials denouncing American support for Israel's war against Hamas—had already met twice with Albanese, Zeteo reported...”
“Footage of a horrific knife attack in north Belfast first began to circulate on Monday evening (8 June). Platforms like TikTok and X were flooded with comments about the identity of the alleged perpetrator, a Sudanese man who, the Home Off…”
“In 2019, for example, the New York Times described how one Boston-area theater had hosted a "black out" performance of "Choir Boy", a play centered on "an effeminate gay black boy trying to find his voice at a prestigious prep school."”
“The PSNI reported that there were sporadic street protests across the region, with several vehicles set on fire in east and north Belfast.”
“For the first time since Gallup began measuring attitudes on this matter a quarter-century ago, more Americans sympathize with the Palestinians than with the Israelis.”
“Later on Tuesday evening there were several reported incidents of racist violence in towns including Ballyclare and Portadown, with arson attacks on homes and businesses.”
“more Gen Z Democrats say they have little or no pride in being an American (32%) than say they are extremely or very proud.”
“Most notably, far-right groups used online platforms to stoke agitation during the Southport riots in August 2024, with online hate speech and misinformation becoming characteristic of this unrest.”
“In the 18-29 age group, 'none' is 36 percent”
“Businesses and homes were attacked in violence the PSNI said were being treated as “race-motivated””
“Protestant/nondenominational Christian is at 33 percent”
“Numerous false claims about immigrants, including a rumour they were being given priority access to GP services ahead of local people, circulated on public Facebook pages run by loyalist groups.”
“Gallup reports that more Americans identify 'none' as their religion than as Catholic.”
“There have even been signs of an emerging cross-border infrastructure for anti-migrant mobilisation on the island of Ireland, with loyalists in the north and nationalist activists in the south promoting each other’s anti-migrant protests o…”
“Gallup finding those who report 'no' hitting a new high in 2025.”
“Mis- and disinformation about immigration take root in certain communities because they are told by politicians and commentators that asylum seekers are being given priority access to underfunded public services. One refrain among politici…”
“Iranian government actors have sought to opportunistically take advantage of ongoing protests regarding the war in Gaza.”
“In this context it is perhaps unsurprising that immigration features so prominently in the issues that are of most concern to citizens.”
“the kirpan is a blade carried by Amritdhari Sikhs (baptised Sikhs who make up a minority of Sikhs) as part of the five Ks, which also include kesh (uncut hair), kangha (a wooden comb), kara (an iron or steel bangle) and kachera (a specific…”
“The dispute began in 1967 when Tarsem Singh Sandhu, a Wolverhampton bus driver, was dismissed for refusing to remove his turban. His dismissal sparked a two-year campaign by Britain’s Sikh community for the right to wear turbans while work…”
“Crucially, Vickrum Digwa did not kill Henry Nowak with a kirpan, but with a second, much larger, blade.”
“There are no cases of this nature involving the kirpan in Britain, and the British Sikh community have always cooperated with authorities where concerns have arisen.”
“This article appears in the 10 Jun 2026 issue of the New Statesman”
“a huge hit in 1730s”
“the Italian contralto who was castrated aged 13”
“now in her eighties”
“first time in 64 years”
“next six weeks”
“45th minute”
“brand new 11”
“lived in the UK for 54 years”
“little island of just 155,000 people”
“rated 82 in the footballing world”
“Three of their squad play in England”
“against Germany on 14 June”
“104 in all”
“My normal bedtime is 9pm”
“live in my pyjamas until 19 July”
“the Black Death claimed around 100 million lives (or more than a quarter of the population of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa).”
“Over the course of six horrifying years," says Asbridge, the Black Death spread “across the face of the known world, engulfing a vast swathe of territory” that stretched from Scandinavia to Mesopotamia “and beyond in the East".”
“the first known example dates to the 1420s, some 80 years after the pandemic swept across the Mediterranean.”
“The Prime Minister is in denial of the rising despair across the country over his failure to stop the boats.”
“Japan and South Korea have actively discouraged it, and in both cases have just one player born abroad or of mixed heritage out of their 26.”
“Saudi Arabia, by contrast, is a rich nation that has experienced gigantic levels of labour migration over the past 20 years”
“The most diverse are France (fielding 22 players with migrant roots), England (16), the Netherlands (15), and Belgium (ten)”
“Economic factors have been the main drivers of Cape Verde and Curaçao’s diasporas, which now provide more than 90 per cent of their players.”
“All these forces have been at work in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where more than 80 per cent of players are drawn from the Congolese diaspora.”
“More than three quarters of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco’s players are drawn from their diasporas.”
“For Turkey, after more than half a century of labour emigration, the figure is two thirds.”
“On the night of 20 August 1989, a Thames dredger struck the Marchioness pleasure boat near Southwark Bridge, sinking her almost immediately. In the aftermath of the tragedy, the question repeated: how was it possible that less than half a …”
“A little less than a year later, the first volunteers at Tower lifeboat station came on shift. Within a few months, it was clear that the knowledge the RNLI had built up over generations of coastal work (tides, currents, eddies and backwat…”
“Twenty-five years on and it is now the busiest lifeboat station in the UK, with up to ten commanders and around 60 crew.”
“In London the crews are on site 24 hours a day, working 12-hour shifts.”
“On some days they might do nothing more than train or watch the matrix noticeboard on the National Theatre opposite; on others there might be six shouts.”
“As it did so, it got faster; seven knots or more when the tide is running.”
“There is also a melancholic side to the RNLI’s work. An average of 30 bodies are pulled from the Thames every year, the majority of whom are suicides.”
“on 25 May”
“two panda statues in Sichuan when she was a student in the 1990s”
