35,843 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 61 of 359.
“The last fully-British bar was made in 1932 - and was given to the future Queen Elizabeth II”
“In Spain, authorities expected the event to bring at least 500,000 additional visitors”
“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.”
“more than 529,000 hectares scorched across the European Union”
“'five-metre pleasure craft' with five people on board”
“Spain deployed more than 33,500 law enforcement officers around viewing areas and access points”
“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.”
“around four miles from Ram Head”
“At the 70-room Hotel Keflavík, every room was booked by eclipse watchers”
“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.”
“winched aboard the Irish Coast Guard's Rescue 117 helicopter and taken to Cork University Hospital”
“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…”
“It is 12 years since Hudson-Smith won the first of his European Championship medals, claiming 400m silver on his debut in 2014.”
“Ballycotton RNLI's all-weather Trent-class lifeboat, The Austin Lidbury, launched at 4.30pm yesterday and reached the scene by around 5.10pm”
“Kelce and the Chiefs’ veterans reported to training camp on July 29.”
“Since then he has dealt only in golds in his individual event at this level, alongside two 4x400m relay titles.”
“more than three metres in length”
“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.”
“Jose Mourinho left Real Madrid in 2013 as one of the most celebrated managers in world football.”
“Between 1970 and 2013, Ireland's Marine Sportfish Tagging Programme tagged more than 19,000 blue sharks”
“Swift and Kelce announced their engagement in a joint Instagram post on August 26, 2025.”
“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.”
“having covered an estimated 4,250 miles”
“Crews pumped about 166,000 cubic yards of sediment directly onto the area being restored.”
“He's going to need to change the behaviour and the attitude of the players," he told BBC Sport.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Mourinho didn't change. His character, his personality didn't change.”
“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.”
“USACE awarded the $13.5 million contract for the dredging and restoration work in September 2022.”
“He galvanised the squad," said Huth.”
“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.”
“2,560-acre stormwater treatment area”
“Bellingham will absolutely love Jose," said Huth.”
“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.”
“4,750 acre-feet of water”
“He was very hard but fair, always honest with his communication with you.”
“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…”
“protects about 3,000 acres”
“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.”
“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.”
“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”
“For its part, Moscow launched aerial overnight strikes which killed at least 11 civilians in Ukraine between Tuesday and Wednesday.”
“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.”
“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”
“In July, the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB) reported a 23% decrease in exports.”
“The 2026/27 calendar will feature 21 races across 13 cities.”
“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…”
“The season will begin in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on December 18 and conclude under in Tokyo on July 25, 2027.”
“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.”
“Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson were suspended for one Test after breaking a team curfew during a night out in London.”
“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.”
“McCullum stepped down after England lost the series 2-1 and was replaced by former New Zealand teammate Stephen Fleming.”
“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.”
“England currently sit seventh in the World Test Championship standings.”
“new five-year contract”
“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.”
“Borthwick has announced the 25 players who will receive enhanced player contracts, worth around £150,000, for the 2026-27 season.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Reports from The Times and The Sun say the boat incident happened on July 27 during a trip to Saona Island”
“the 24,870-capacity stadium in Vigo”
“Abbie was taken to hospital but died three days later, on July 30”
“the arena is set to increase its capacity to between 40,000 and 44,000.”
“Ahn Pan-seok has passed away at the age of 64”
“The motorcycle is thought to be a DKW NZ 350-1 model, the organisation said, which was produced specifically for wartime use from 1944.”
“Ahn Pan-seok had been battling lung cancer since last year”
“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.”
“he suffered a brain hemorrhage and collapsed”
“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.”
“he joined MBC as a producer in 1987”
“7.4-magnitude quake”
“2007's ‘Behind the White Tower’”
“At least 188 have died in the quake, according to official figures.”
“Secret Affair in 2014”
“In Pereira, a city in Colombia's coffee-growing region, 79 people are confirmed to have died, the second-highest number after Cali, where 95 are dead, according to figures by the Association of Colombian Capital Cities (Asocapitales).”
“premiere in October as planned”
“In Pereira, at least 92 buildings collapsed.”
“the funeral would be conducted privately”
“Fifteen people are known to be trapped and another 37 have been reported missing, according to Asocapitales.”
“over the course of nearly four decades as a drama director”
“In Cali, Colombia's third most populous city, more than 200 people remained trapped as of 16:00 local time on Tuesday.”
“born in 1961”
“Eighty-seven people have been rescued in the city so far.”
“Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji died on Wednesday at 97 after an illness, according to China’s official Xinhua news agency.”
“Seismometers nearest the epicentre registered shaking lasting between 90 seconds and two minutes.”
“China eventually joined the WTO in 2001.”
“There have been more than 100 aftershocks since.”
“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.”
“The 7.4-magnitude quake struck at 07:34 local time (12:34 GMT) on Monday.”
“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.”
“able to reach 30 miles per hour.”
“there are just 10,000 babirusas in the wild”
“almost every birth at Chester Zoo has arrived after exactly 161 days of gestation.”
“Newborn babirusas generally weigh between 11 and 18 ounces (300 and 500 grams).”
“Rana is Matano’s fifth piglet”
“contributing to the birth of at least 17 babirusas”
“photographed babirusas on only two occasions”
“In 2025, Kleinrichert raised $6,800 and distributed 100 ‘blessing bags’ to people experiencing homelessness.”
