33,203 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 3 of 333.
“drew the series in England in 2025 2-2”
“Poisoning is the cause of death for an estimated 60% of vultures in Africa, according to BirdLife International, external.”
“The last fully-British bar was made in 1932 - and was given to the future Queen Elizabeth II”
“lost two home series, that too they have been clean swept, against New Zealand (3-0) in 2024”
“Dead adult vultures in Nigeria used to sell for around 25,000 to 30,000 naira ($18 to $22; £13 to £16) each - but can now fetch up to 200,000 naira ($145; £107) per bird, says Egbe.”
“'five-metre pleasure craft' with five people on board”
“South Africa (2-0) in 2025”
“Seven species of vultures in Africa are now classified as globally Endangered or Critically Endangered by BirdLife International, the authority for birds on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.”
“around four miles from Ram Head”
“they have won just two - against Bangladesh and West Indies at home.”
“A recent BirdLife report says African vulture populations have fallen by between 80% and 97% over a period of 50 years.”
“winched aboard the Irish Coast Guard's Rescue 117 helicopter and taken to Cork University Hospital”
“With 48.15% of points, India are at fifth position in the World Test Championship (WTC 2025-27) points table”
“The group also says that in January 2020 more than 2,000 hooded vultures were found dead in Guinea-Bissau, many with their heads removed - a sign of belief-based practices rather than natural causes, researchers say.”
“Ballycotton RNLI's all-weather Trent-class lifeboat, The Austin Lidbury, launched at 4.30pm yesterday and reached the scene by around 5.10pm”
“In Spain, authorities expected the event to bring at least 500,000 additional visitors”
“Local volunteers monitoring the birds say they have now recorded more than 160 vultures, up from about 20 recorded in 2017.”
“more than three metres in length”
“Spain deployed more than 33,500 law enforcement officers around viewing areas and access points”
“The West African Vulture Conservation Action Plan, which was drafted in 2022.”
“Between 1970 and 2013, Ireland's Marine Sportfish Tagging Programme tagged more than 19,000 blue sharks”
“At the 70-room Hotel Keflavík, every room was booked by eclipse watchers”
“Adult vultures usually reach sexual maturity between the ages of five and seven, and produce only one chick every year or two.”
“having covered an estimated 4,250 miles”
“Travis Kelce has opened up about his wedding to Taylor Swift, calling their star-studded celebration ‘the best night’ of his life. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end, 36, spoke about the wedding while addressing reporters at training camp on…”
“212‑day wait for competitive action”
“Our findings show that a mid-sized, 400g archaeopteryx could have achieved a sustainable flight speed of seven metres per second (16mph) with three bipedal leaps, or with two bipedal leaps with a downward flap between jumps.”
“Kelce and the Chiefs’ veterans reported to training camp on July 29.”
“£10m arrival from Metz”
“When an asteroid impact destroyed non-avian dinosaurs 66 million years ago, their avian relatives endured, owing to their smaller bodies, varied diets and, crucially, their capacity for flight.”
“Swift and Kelce tied the knot on July 3 at Madison Square Garden in New York City in front of an estimated 1,000 guests.”
“four goals in nine appearances”
“The WB-57 high-altitude jet will fly over Iceland, where totality will be visible at an altitude of 50,000ft, well above the clouds, water vapour and atmospheric turbulence that might otherwise compromise observations.”
“Swift and Kelce announced their engagement in a joint Instagram post on August 26, 2025.”
“£117m deal”
“By tracking the eclipse path at 460mph, the aircraft will be able to observe the corona for close to three minutes, compared with just over two minutes available to ground-based watchers.”
“Crews pumped about 166,000 cubic yards of sediment directly onto the area being restored.”
“four pre-season goals”
“Concealed within the jet's nose cone is an array of four cameras designed to produce high-resolution imagery of the corona across multiple wavelengths of both visible and infrared light, recording the dynamic behaviour of the Sun's atmosph…”
“Once inflow was done and the material had time to settle, we had raised the marsh by roughly a foot overall, which was part of the project objective.”
“Crossing the line in 44.17 seconds, the 31-year-old secured his eighth podium at the championships to equal French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre's men's record medal tally.”
“In 1868, French astronomer Pierre Janssen identified what proved to be an entirely new element, helium, while conducting spectroscopy during a total eclipse in India.”
“USACE awarded the $13.5 million contract for the dredging and restoration work in September 2022.”
“With this latest triumph, Hudson-Smith joined British greats Mo Farah and Roger Black on five golds, while matching Dina Asher-Smith as the most decorated British athlete in the history of the championships.”
“The 1919 eclipse enabled Arthur Eddington to confirm Einstein's general relativity by photographing stars near the obscured Sun and demonstrating that gravity bends light.”
“2,560-acre stormwater treatment area”
“It was Great Britain's third gold of the championships, while Emily Newnham added the hosts' sixth medal overall with silver in the women's 400m hurdles final shortly after Hudson-Smith's victory.”
“4,750 acre-feet of water”
“It is 12 years since Hudson-Smith won the first of his European Championship medals, claiming 400m silver on his debut in 2014.”
“protects about 3,000 acres”
“Since then he has dealt only in golds in his individual event at this level, alongside two 4x400m relay titles.”
“43,900 feet of perimeter levees13,200 feet of interior leveesAn ungated culvert under CR-613 connecting the eastern and western treatment areas19 internal culverts that move water between different wetland cellsAn interim pump station”
“Jose Mourinho left Real Madrid in 2013 as one of the most celebrated managers in world football.”
“more than 130,000 acre-feet of water storage, about 9,000 acres of artificial stormwater treatment wetlands, and nearly 90,000 acres of restored natural habitat”
“I think he's betting on a second stint with Mourinho because Ancelotti was successful during his and it's a very similar case," Alvarez told BBC Sport.”
“The 2026/27 calendar will feature 21 races across 13 cities.”
“He's going to need to change the behaviour and the attitude of the players," he told BBC Sport.”
“The season will begin in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on December 18 and conclude under in Tokyo on July 25, 2027.”
“Mourinho didn't change. His character, his personality didn't change.”
“Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson were suspended for one Test after breaking a team curfew during a night out in London.”
“He galvanised the squad," said Huth.”
“McCullum stepped down after England lost the series 2-1 and was replaced by former New Zealand teammate Stephen Fleming.”
“Bellingham will absolutely love Jose," said Huth.”
“England currently sit seventh in the World Test Championship standings.”
“He was very hard but fair, always honest with his communication with you.”
“Root and Fleming will begin their time together with the three-Test series against Pakistan, with the first Test scheduled to start on August 19.”
“An emergency situation was declared in the city on Wednesday, after the barrage of drones struck areas around the port and damaged pipelines, suspending water supply for the city.”
“England's team culture has been under scrutiny since their 4-1 Ashes defeat in Australia last year, with several off-field incidents adding to the debate.”
“For its part, Moscow launched aerial overnight strikes which killed at least 11 civilians in Ukraine between Tuesday and Wednesday.”
“Reports from The Times and The Sun say the boat incident happened on July 27 during a trip to Saona Island”
“In July, the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB) reported a 23% decrease in exports.”
“Abbie was taken to hospital but died three days later, on July 30”
“Russia is the world's largest wheat exporter - but according to a Moscow-based analytics company, exports for August could fall by more than half compared to the same month over the last five years due to the disruption in the Black and Az…”
“Ahn Pan-seok has passed away at the age of 64”
“On Wednesday, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused Ukraine of carrying out strikes on Russian grain and agricultural infrastructure, resulting in a hike in global food prices and growing grain shortages.”
“Ahn Pan-seok had been battling lung cancer since last year”
“The 2022 Black Sea Grain Initiative, under which Russia agreed to lift its blockade on Ukraine's agricultural exports, did not last after Moscow resumed attacks on vessels using the maritime corridors to Odesa the following year.”
“he suffered a brain hemorrhage and collapsed”
“The Russian agriculture ministry announced on Wednesday that it was working to redirect cargo flows to ports in the Baltic and Caspian Seas as well as land routes.”
“he joined MBC as a producer in 1987”
“new five-year contract”
“2007's ‘Behind the White Tower’”
“Borthwick has announced the 25 players who will receive enhanced player contracts, worth around £150,000, for the 2026-27 season.”
“Secret Affair in 2014”
“It is understood the current match fee is around £21,000 per game for non centrally-contracted players, while the enhanced squad players still receive an extra £7,000 per game for image rights, on top of their fixed annual amount.”
“premiere in October as planned”
“the 24,870-capacity stadium in Vigo”
“the funeral would be conducted privately”
“the arena is set to increase its capacity to between 40,000 and 44,000.”
“over the course of nearly four decades as a drama director”
“The motorcycle is thought to be a DKW NZ 350-1 model, the organisation said, which was produced specifically for wartime use from 1944.”
“born in 1961”
“The wreck in the Danube was reportedly discovered on 2 August, when a passersby reported part of the motorcycle protruding from the rocks on the riverbank in downtown Budapest.”
“Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji died on Wednesday at 97 after an illness, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency.”
“A 32-year-old woman, who had been trapped under rubble for 36 hours following the 7.4-magnitude quake which shook western Colombia, has been rescued alive.”
“China eventually joined the WTO in 2001.”
“7.4-magnitude quake”
“Sussex all-rounder Danny Lamb has retired from professional cricket at the age of 30 after an injury to his neck and spinal cord forced him to end his career.”
“Lamb's retirement comes a week after England fast bowler John Turner announced his retirement at 25 because of injury problems.”
“Turner, who played four internationals for England in 2024, still had two years remaining on his Hampshire contract and also held an ECB development contract until late last year.”
