Post * 59Lr — Curious Curator

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TIL World of Warcraft screenshots contain a hidden watermark in the bitmap, with user information inside

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Z8rZv TIL three-quarters of the animated film A Goofy Movie had to be refilmed due to a single dead pixel on a faulty monitor, leading to Disney delaying the release of the film from Thanksgiving 1994 to April 7, 1995

nWN8r TIL about the Shreveport Rate Case, a SCOTUS case that allowed the federal government to regulate intrastate commerce when it is needed to regulate interstate commerce. It was brought against an interstate railway that charged shipping rates that favored Texan cities, a policy mandated by the state.

yZxv TIL that 29 days after the Titanic sank, there was a film made about the Titanic. It featured an actress who was actually on the Titanic and survived. By the end, she was so traumatized by reliving the experience, she had a mental breakdown and never acted again.

x8eg TIL that Russia signed a treaty banning bio-weapons, but ignored the treaty and continued developing them - even building ICBMs that could be loaded with weaponized smallpox, anthrax, typhus & rabies. After the fall of the USSR, they lost most of the bioweapons. Their locations remain unknown.

a8B69 TIL that during World War II, the US government partnered with the American Mafia in Operation Underworld to gather intelligence, prevent sabotage, and ensure order. They leveraged organized crime networks, like Meyer Lansky's assistance to Naval Intelligence in safeguarding New York docks.