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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you attended school any time after the Nixon administration, then you likely beheld at some point the CIA World Factbook, a map ...

If you attended school any time after the Nixon administration, then you likely beheld at some point the CIA World Factbook, a map and reference manual of Planet Earth and its inhabitants upon which ...

FILE - The seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., April 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) FILE - The seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA ...