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22 hours ago · Signature. Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnate. [1] In the 1970s, he co-founded the Virgin Group, which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields. [2] [3] [4] Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age. His first business venture, at the age of 16, was ...
- 3 (1 deceased)
- Eve Branson (mother)
- 1966–present
22 hours ago · 53.4 m (175 ft) (1960) [3] The Aral Sea ( / ˈærəl /) [4] [a] was an endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan to its north and Uzbekistan to its south which began shrinking in the 1960s and largely dried up by the 2010s. It was in the Aktobe and Kyzylorda regions of Kazakhstan and the Karakalpakstan autonomous region of Uzbekistan.
- North: 8.7 m (29 ft) (2014), South: 14–15 m (46–49 ft) (2005)
- North: 27 km³ (6 cu mi) (2007)
- North: 42 m (138 ft) (2011), South: 29 m (95 ft) (2007), 53.4 m (175 ft) (1960)
22 hours ago · Tiger. The tiger ( Panthera tigris) is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus Panthera native to Asia. It has a powerful, muscular body with a large head and paws, a long tail, and distinctive black, mostly vertical stripes on orange fur.
22 hours ago · The group measures 31 by 15 km (19 by 9 mi) east-west and north–south. All of the islands in the group support vegetation except on their small cays. The islands are named after former senior figures in the British East India Company (EIC). Three were members of the EIC's 'Select Committee' in Canton: James Drummond, Thomas Pattle and John ...
- 7.75 km² (2.99 sq mi) (15,000 sq km ocean surface)
- Over 1,000 (2014)
- 14 m (46 ft)
- South China Sea
22 hours ago · Lidl will increase staff wages for the third time in 12 months, the supermarket has announced. Shop workers in London will get £13.65, up from £13.55, while staff elsewhere will get a rise from ...
22 hours ago · CA$62,873 (2019) Website. www .toronto .ca. Toronto ( / təˈrɒntoʊ / ⓘ tə-RONT-oh) is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, [10] it is the fourth-most populous city in North America.
22 hours ago · Heathrow Airport began in 1929 as a small airfield ( Great West Aerodrome) on land southeast of the hamlet of Heathrow from which the airport takes its name. At that time the land consisted of farms, market gardens and orchards; there was a "Heathrow Farm" approximately where the modern Terminal 2 is situated, a "Heathrow Hall" and a "Heathrow ...
