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dantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

The World Factbook (surprisingly useful reference provided by CIA, just suddenly closed without notice)

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The World Factbook (surprisingly useful reference provided by CIA, just suddenly closed without notice)

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dantheclamman@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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The World Factbook - Wikipedia
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    Shitty, that was one of the coolest publicly known things that they did.

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      Even shittier. TIL about it.

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      Saying the World Factbook was the one good thing the CIA ever did feels like all the folks over in the /r/neoliberal sub on Reddit compulsively shouting “PEPFAR!” every time Bush 43’s name is mentioned.

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        Not even what I said, but OK.

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