Lessons in geography, #510

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In the Today in History feature for Aug. 17, the Associated Press erroneously stated that in 1896 gold was discovered in Alaska, touching off the Klondike gold rush. The site of the discovery was actually in Canada’s Yukon Territory, near the Alaska border.

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