CompuServe introduced GIF to provide a color image format for their file downloading areas. This replaced their earlier run-length encoding format, which was black and white only. GIF became popular because it used Lempel–Ziv–Welch data compression. Initial release: June 15, 1987
right-click to save the gif if you want
Jif was chosen as the product name because
it is easy to say, spell and remember.
1 in 10 peanuts grown in the U.S. for
food use ends up in Jif peanut butter.
There are more than 1,200 peanuts
in a 28 ounce jar of Jif peanut
butter.
Americans consume 270 million pounds
of Jif annually.
