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December 14, 2009
A little more than half of the United States’ potatoes were produced in Idaho and Washington in 2008. Source: Census Bureau/National Agriculture Statistics Service
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December 13, 2009
In 1997 a massive menorah was built in Latrun, Israel. It was more than 60 feet tall, requiring a rabbi to be lifted in a crane each night of Hanukkah to light the candles. Source: History Channel
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December 12, 2009
Hanukkah means "rededication," and it commemorates the rededication of the temple of Jerusalem by the Maccabees, a group of Jews who defeated the Syrian Greeks in a three-year war. Source: BBC
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December 11, 2009
The lowest temperature recorded in the world is -129 degrees Fahrenheit in Vostok, Antarctica, measured on July 21, 1983. Source: NOAA
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“Climategate”
In late November 2009, more than 1,000 e-mails between scientists at the Climate Research Unit of the U.K.’s University of East Anglia were stolen and made public by an as-yet-unnamed hacker. Climate skeptics are claiming that they show scientific misconduct that amounts to the complete fabrication of …
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December 10, 2009
The National Archives has records dating back to 1775. Its holdings include about 9 billion pages of textual records; 7.2 million maps, charts, and architectural drawings; 20 million photographs; billions of machine-readable data sets; and 365,000 reels of film and 110,000 videotapes. Source: NARA
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December 9, 2009
The National Archives and Records Administration keeps 1 percent to 3 percent of all the documents and materials created by the federal government. Source: NARA
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FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Dec. 1-Dec. 7
This week, readers sent us comments on health care (no way!), Obama’s "gaffe" and the proper stance during the national anthem. In the FactCheck Mailbag we feature some of the e-mail we receive. Readers can send comments to editor@factcheck.org. Letters may be edited for length.
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