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Really Quickies: Anachronism By Typo

     In a long but worthwhile article about U.S-Islamic relations throughout American history, specifically in the section about President Thomas Jefferson’s entreaties to the Barbary pirates before he authorized Decatur’s expedition, I found this most excellent typo:

     They sent peace missions laden with gifs...

     Why GIFs? Hadn’t JPGs been invented yet? Or were the Berbers fixated on lossless compression?

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