Post * Zp0v4 — Curious Curator

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TIL of Steganography, a field similar to cryptography, but that involves concealing a message rather than encoding it. For example, hiding an image in audio, or even hiding one image in the data of another. A famous example, a POW in Vietnam blinked TORTURE in morse code during a newscast.

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9YvRr TIL during filming Silence of the Lambs, Anthony Hopkins was so terrifying as Hannibal Lecter, Jodie Foster was scared of him and avoided him while on set.

woPZM TIL that Timothy Busfield played professional baseball while working in Hollywood. The 'Thirtysomething' and 'West Wing' actor pitched for the semi-pro Sacramento Smokeys from 1992 to 2000 with a 30-12 record.

O9la TIL Tipu’s Tiger is an 18th-century mechanical toy created for the Indian king, Tipu. It compromised of a tiger savaging a near life-size European man who emitted a wailing sound from his mouth.The king frequently amused himself with this representation of victory over the English.

4XAew TIL in 2003 the smoke from large bushfires in Canberra, Australia formed a Cumulonimbus Flammagenitus. Essentially the fire created its own supercell storm, complete with lighting and forming an F3-rated fire tornado. The tornado and associated fire killed 4 people and injured 492 others.

odlE TIL NOT making your bed exposes bed mites to fresh air and light, which dehydrates them. Making your bed traps stale air and moisture under the sheets, providing the perfect environment for bed mites to flourish.