FOUND: 2 | Mind Blowing Facts

From Joe Biden advisor to Olympics debut – the Anna Hursey adventure continues

The 18-year-old became Wales’ youngest senior international athlete in any sport at the age of 10.

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2024

'My back is about to fall off' — why everyone's talking about the cardboard beds at the Olympics

Cardboard bases, rock hard mattresses and anti-sex beds? We explore just what athletes are sleeping on at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Tom’s Guide · Jul 25, 2024

Adidas removes Bella Hadid from ad campaign after criticism from Israel

Company says it is ‘revising’ work for shoe designed for 1972 Munich Olympics, where 11 Israelis were killed by Palestinian terrorists

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2024

S.Africa's Pistorius To Be Released From Prison

South Africa's ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison on parole Friday, almost 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a crime that gripped the world.

International Business Times · Jan 5, 2024

‘School street’ traffic restrictions in Olympic park credited for 45 per cent reduction in soot pollution

Banning parents from dropping off their children by car resulted in a big drop in toxic particulates at a primary school in the Olympic park, according to new research.

Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2023

How AI tools like ChatGPT are causing water usage to skyrocket

Microsoft’s water usage for cooling tech has shot up over a third and could fill 2,500 Olympic-sized pools

Evening Standard · Sep 13, 2023

As Alberta’s oilsands continue leaking toxic wastewater, aquatic wildlife face new risks

Three months ago, 5.3 million litres of industrial wastewater was reported to have overflowed from an Imperial Oil storage pond into a muskeg and forested area. This industrial wastewater could have filled more than two Olympic-sized swimming pools, and is now one of the largest known spills of its kind…

The Conversation · May 7, 2023

United Utilities will spend £122m to reduce 'more than 10 million tonnes' of sewage going into Greater Manchester rivers

United Utilities say that 4,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools could be filled with the amount of waste that the scheme will prevent from entering the region's waterways

Manchester Evening News · Jul 14, 2022

East London residents launch bid to turn concrete ex-water depot into wild swimming oasis

A group of volunteers want to buy a government-owned site in the Lea Valley and turn it into a new park with ‘olympic sized’ swimming ponds

Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2022

EuroMillions: What you could buy with £184m jackpot from private island to an Olympic swimming pool of champagne

One lucky UK Euromillions player has scooped the biggest ever jackpot of £184m, which is more money than what Adele and Benedict Cumberbatch are worth.

Daily Record · May 11, 2022