Post * VkYD — Curious Curator

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TIL adding “&gl=CA” to the end of a YouTube URL dramatically improves buffer speed.

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6EP57 TIL of convicted train robber Frank Grigware, who escaped from federal prison in 1910. A short 6 years later, he became mayor of the small town of Spirit River, Alberta. The FBI discovered him in 1933, but his extradition request was dropped due to 'serious doubts' about his original conviction.

M7A0m TIL: The Longest Coin Spin was 26.55sec performed in front of a live audience in 2015.

WkDN TIL that the United States dropped from 17th to 47th place, in the Press Freedom Index since 2002.

KaMG TIL on April 5, 1943 the Destroyer USS O'Bannon encountered a Japanese submarine. Too close to fire their guns, the crew threw potatoes at the Japanses sailors, who thought they were grenades, distracting them long enough to get distance from the sub, fire their guns, and eventually sink it.

DQawj TIL that a 2022 survey showed that the average wait time to see a specialist in Canada after getting a doctor’s referral is 27.4 weeks - the longest wait time in the survey’s history.