About 2,500 athletes are participating in the Olympics in Vancouver. There are more than 86 medal events.
Source: Vancouver Organizing Committee
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February 21, 2010
Eleven women and 247 men competed in the first Olympic Winter Games in 1924.
Source: Vancouver Organizing Committee
February 20, 2010
The United States’ Charles Jewtraw, a speed skater, won the first gold medal at the first Olympic Winter Games.
Source: Vancouver Organizing Committee
February 19, 2010
While the first Olympic Games were held in 1896 (in summer), it was 28 years later when the first Olympic Winter Games were held, in Chamonix, France.
Source: Vancouver Organizing Committee
February 18, 2010
The median age at first marriage in 2008 was 27.6 years for men and 25.9 years for women.
Source: Census Bureau
February 17, 2010
Six percent of married women in the U.S. had been married for at least 50 years, as of 2004.
Source: Census Bureau
FactCheck Mailbag, Week of Feb. 9-Feb. 15
This week, readers sent us comments on government health coverage, chain e-mails and idealism about the press. 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.
February 16, 2010
Seventy percent of Americans aged 30 to 34 in 2008 were married or had been married in the past.
Source: Census Bureau
February 15, 2010
In 2008, 2.16 million marriages (nearly 6,000 a day) were performed in the U.S.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics/Census Bureau
February 14, 2010
Cut roses produced in the U.S. in 2008 had a wholesale value of $24 million (for all producers with at least $100,000 in sales).
Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service