Fact of the Day

Chile’s population is 16.6 million.
Source: CIA World Factbook

March 1, 1692, marked the beginning of the Salem Witch Trials.
Source: Library of Congress

The last time the U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team won the gold medal was in 1980 in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Source: U.S. Olympic Committee/Associated Press

Feb. 28 is the deadline for individuals and corporations to donate to charities providing earthquake relief in Haiti and claim those contributions on 2009 tax returns.
Source: IRS.gov

The highest medal count for the United States in the Olympic Winter Games is 34, which the U.S. team attained in 2002 in Salt Lake City.
Source: U.S. Olympic Committee

In the first Olympic Winter Games, in 1924, the Canadian hockey team won all five of their games and outscored their opponents 110 to 3.
Source: Vancouver Organizing Committee

The first Paralympic Winter Games were held in 1976 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.
Source: Vancouver Organizing Committee

The Paralympic Games began after World War II in 1948, when Sir Ludwig Guttman organized a competition for British veterans who were in wheelchairs.
Source: Vancouver Organizing Committee

About 2,500 athletes are participating in the Olympics in Vancouver. There are more than 86 medal events.
Source: Vancouver Organizing Committee

Eleven women and 247 men competed in the first Olympic Winter Games in 1924.
Source: Vancouver Organizing Committee