33,203 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 321 of 333.
“on imported oil from 82% to 93%”
“0-62MPH: 4.6secs”
“Energy consumption is to be cut by 20% by 2020”
“TOP SPEED: 155mph (limited)”
“The residential sector accounts for 25% of Europe's energy consumption”
“174mph car”
“Professor Achterberg said that the research cruise was originally planned about three or four years ago”
“their record reads 15 victories, 14 draws and five defeats.”
“iron contained in the ash cloud from last month's eruption of the volcano beneath the Eyjafjallajokull glacier”
“England last mustered a victory against their fiercest opponents here in 1934”
“The expedition - aboard the RRS Discovery, a Natural Environment Research Council (Nerc) vessel - is part of a climate change project that is looking at the efficiency of phytoplankton to absorb atmospheric CO2 and sequester it in the deep…”
“and it was the scene of their only defeat in the 2005 series”
“June 2007 was the end of a period of 'frantic activity' in the housing market, he says, similar in nature to the late 1980s.”
“I’ll be getting on the Australians at 7/4 with Boylesports.”
“There is a shortage of properties on the market, with many people wanting to move into owning rather than renting. However, there is a nervousness among buyers owing to uncertainty over the future of interest rates and unemployment. Those …”
“will back them at 5/6 in the first innings handicap of -33.5.”
“'The number of sales is dramatically down on where they were in 2007,' he says.”
“He is fifth in the all-time list of his country’s leading scorers here, weighing in with 989 runs, furthermore his Test average jumps from the mid-40s to the high 50s at Lord’s.”
“UNRWA looks after more than four million Palestinian refugees in five countries”
“Strauss is a 4/1 shot with Boylesports to be top England runs scorer.”
“It has been conducting trials with 1,500 machines in the region and has begun to distribute a further 2,100 to a school in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza strip.”
“Hilfenhaus to claim the best figures for Ponting’s boys and be the top Australian bowler at 3/1 on Betdaq.”
“Several days ago Austria became the latest country to join the South Stream project.”
“Should the 2005 tormentor return, he would add value to the 4/5 on general offer for there to be more than 1.5 runs in the first over total runs market.”
“In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Yannos Papantoniou, Greece's Economy Minister between 1994 and 2001, urged Europe to act 'at very high speed' to rescue the economy.”
“15-year olds cannot “be bothered to read pages and pages of text””
“The collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers in 2008 triggered the global banking crisis and contributed to a worldwide recession.”
“Ten years ago, before the free newspaper revolution, the picture was one of unremitting gloom for the newspaper industry”
“orbits almost 480 million km out from the Sun”
“Heathrow had fallen from being the number one airport in Europe by destinations served, to fifth place over the past twenty years”
“is about 200km in diameter”
“could be built in around 10 years”
“orbits at more than one-and-a-half-times the Sun-Mars distance”
“population of 350,000”
“a Nasa spacecraft will go into orbit around one of these bodies in 2011”
“killing 80,000 people instantly”
“24 Themis ... orbits almost 480 million km out from the Sun.”
“a further 60,000 died from radiation sickness or burns within the year”
“24 Themis is about 200km in diameter.”
“250,000 survivors”
“It orbits at more than one-and-a-half-times the Sun-Mars distance.”
“some 95,000 hibakusha”
“a Nasa spacecraft will go into orbit around one of these bodies in 2011.”
“for 1,500 years”
“orbits almost 480 million km out from the Sun.”
“Even the June Halifax house price index fell by 0.5 per cent on the previous month, counter to market expectations for a modest rise”
“about 200km in diameter”
“picking up just 13 points from the first eight races.”
“more than one-and-a-half-times the Sun-Mars distance”
“a full 55 points behind fellow Brit Jenson Button in the championship race”
“two independent teams”
“The race weekends are our three day tests and we learn more and more about it.”
“David Smith, deputy commissioner at the ICO told the Infosec security conference the NHS had highlighted 287 breaches to it in the period. That accounts for more than 30% of the total number reported.”
“BRITAIN’S trade deficit narrowed in May to £2.2bn from £3bn the previous month, according to official data published yesterday.”
“Most of the breaches (113) were the result of stolen data or hardware, followed by 82 cases of lost data or hardware.”
“Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the UK’s deficit on trade in goods in May was an estimated £6.3bn, while trade in services remained at £4.1bn.”
“The NHS - the UK's largest employer with 1.7m staff - is in the process of rolling out digital patient records.”
“In Germany, exports recovered slightly in May, increasing by 0.3 per cent on the previous month, while imports decreased by 2.1 per cent. Consequently, the trade surplus of one of the world’s leading exporters widened to €9.6bn from €9.4bn.”
“But in the 1600s, a loss of habitat - coupled with relentless persecution by man - made this charismatic species extinct in Britain. And that is the way it has been for some 400 years.”
“development of Jubilee, thought to hold 1.2bn barrels of oil, remained on track to begin production next year”
“In the 1980s, a tiny group of cranes established home in Norfolk. But the population there has struggled to survive, barely reaching anything like sustainable numbers.”
“A DEUTSCHE Bank stockbroker killed himself by leaping from the roof terrace of Coq d’Argent restaurant on Sunday, two years after another City worker died in a similar incident at the restaurant.”
“Getting the eggs here was the first challenge. Because of the volcanic ash cloud, they had to be brought into the UK overland. The first hatch happened within hours of the eggs arriving...”
“Malde, a keen guitarist and singer, was also devastated by the death of his idol Michael Jackson. “I spent 24 hours perpetually teary-eyed upon hearing about the death of someone I’d never even met,” he wrote in a poignant tribute to the s…”
“"We knew we would be cutting it fine, but we didn't know quite how close it was," he told BBC News. "It really was a privilege to bring back such an iconic bird to Britain; they are back where they belong, almost like a long-lost friend."”
“Cost per person without wine: £20”
“The plan is to release these first young cranes into the wild late this summer. Another 20 birds will follow in each of the next four years.”
“I do try one, at £6.50”
“"Mission accomplished for me is going to be seeing flocks of wild, flying cranes over the Somerset levels, a sight we haven't seen in well over 400 years."”
“I only managed two wraps”
“there were 114,000 more children born in 2008 than in 2001 - with each year having seen an increase.”
“Thanks to all those CityAM readers – close to 2,000 of you – who entered our online reader survey last week.”
“Some 54% of those polled for charity the Cricket Foundation said they witnessed bad sportsmanship in every single school sports match they played.”
“The Portugal star, who joined in an £80m deal from Manchester United earlier this month, was greeted by 80,000 fans – more than attended Diego Maradona’s arrival at Napoli.”
“While over half said they themselves would break the rules in team games.”
“Manchester United want to sign him and we would be delighted to see Gabriel playing for such a prestigious club.”
“This willingness to cheat went down to 13.3% for those playing individual sports.”
“The 24-year-old”
“More than one in four (27%) of youngsters in the city said they saw unfair play 'lots of times' in a single game, whereas in Sheffield only 7% said the same.”
“with 10km left to bring the 187km stage from Monaco to Brignoles”
“Half of parents said the felt it was their responsibility to deal with their child's unfair play, while 28% said it was down to the coach.”
“This was Cavendish’s fifth stage win”
“Seven in 10 (72%) said they would describe a sportsman who played unfairly as a 'cheat', with just 4% saying they would consider them 'cool'.”
“following his four stage victories of last year”
“But some 67% said that seeing a sportsman break the rules to win would not make them do the same.”
“It also takes his personal tally to 42 professional successes”
“surpassing the previous best by a British rider of 41 set by Chris Boardman”
“PRIME country properties around London saw prices rising by 0.7 per cent in the second quarter of 2009 after five consecutive quarters of falls, according to the Knight Frank/ CityAM prime commuter property price index.”
“For the UK as a whole, the average value of prime country property fell by 0.9 per cent over the same period, taking the index’s annual decline to 17.4 per cent.”
“The increase was particularly pronounced in Cobham in Surrey, which saw prime property prices jump by 1.4 per cent in the second quarter.”
“Nearby Esher saw a 0.9 per cent rise.”
“Home Counties properties in the £2-3m bracket – one of the hardest hit price brackets – saw the greatest quarterly increase of 1.8 per cent”
“while prices of super prime properties of £5m-plus increased by 1.7 per cent.”
“The upmarket property agency spent around £6m to refurbish part of Marks & Spencer’s old headquarters”
“City office rents have fallen 30 per cent”
“residential prices plummet around 20 per cent since their peak in the summer of 2007”
“The partnership has just under 200 offices in 38 countries – with 63 in the UK”
“The super prime market was still going hell for leather until September 2008, then it hit a juddering halt”
“Our core market – £400,000 to £1.5m – is largely made up of second or third time UK buyers”
“700m barrels of oil in Uganda”
