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NPR (Bill Chappell) - The CIA World Factbook is dead. Here's how I came to love it

The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and photos taken by CIA officers. But it was discontinued this week.

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Sourcehttps://www.npr.org/2026/02/07/nx-s1-5702494/cia-world-factbook-dead
Keywordsnprciaworld-factbookintelligencecold-wargeopoliticsdatamapstriviaus-governmentmediahistoryinformationnational-securityunited-states

NYTIMES (Rylee Kirk and Mark Walker) - C.I.A. World Factbook Ends Publication After 6 Decades

The Factbook, a version of which dates to 1962, provided facts, figures, maps and more to generations of economists, professors, journalists and others.

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Sourcehttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/us/world-factbook-cia.html
Keywordsciaworld-factbookintelligenceus-governmentgeopoliticsnational-securityhistorymediadatamapsunited-statesnytnew-york-timeseconomicsjournalisminformationpublicationdemographicsglobal-affairs