Post * Wk4G9 — Curious Curator

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TIL what about progressive JPEG. A method of compressing and loading images on the Web

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rRxyw TIL Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park, were given a signed photo of Saddam Hussein by American soldiers

vReD TIL: There are 18.6 million empty homes in America, meaning you could give every person in Scotland around three houses in America, and every homeless American around six houses.

xmrk TIL that in the Victorian era, it was a thing to send “Vinegar” or Hate valentines anonymously to people you disliked. They were often incredibly harsh, and some even suggested the recipient go kill themselves.

5jmk TIL of Mike, the lowest ranking member of a chimp group that became the alpha male of the community overnight. He stole empty kerosene can from the researchers camp, and banged them to scare the other chimps

woJ8Y TIL that despite having hundreds of entries, the lowest rated Mario game on Metacritic is only 54: Mario Party Advance