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World News@quokk.au · 7 days ago

Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts, long an educational staple, is gone

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Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts, long an educational staple, is gone

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World News@quokk.au · 7 days ago

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The Trump administration has shut down the CIA World Factbook, and there's much lamenting about the demise of a free source that many people used to check basic facts about countries.

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I remember having a copy on 3 1/2" floppy disk back in the mid-80s. It was a pretty nice resource.

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