The World Almanac Book of Facts 1975

"The World Almanac and Book of Facts" has been published in the United States annually since 1886 and remains a best-selling personal resource volume for facts, charts, and tables on geography, politics, business, and science. Each year, the volume runs between 950 and 1,000 pages in length and includes various colorized political maps of the world and color images of all national flags of the world. In each annual edition, the facts presented in the volume are updated as new information is learned or evolves. In addition to its uses as a comprehensive fact-checking resource, "The World Almanac" has always specialized in summarizing the previous year's major natural, political, and cultural events. The book is printed as a paperback.