Post * LQL0m — Curious Curator

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TIL that in Tiger Woods 99 for the PlayStation 1, in the first 100,000 copies of the game had an Easter egg that a developer snuck in when put into a computer, it contained a DAT. file that would play the first ever South Park short made. These copies were later recalled by EA

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4ydJ TIL that for the last 17 months of Woodrow Wilson’s Presidency his wife Edith handled all official communication with her husband after a stroke left him bed ridden. Edith Wilson is now considered by some historians to be America’s first female President.

a4nb TIL there is a ship capable of sinking under other ships, rising up, and lifting them out of the water so “dry dock” maintenance can be done at sea. Capable of carrying 110,000 tons.

4XN8w TIL Mel Gibson made more than $395 million from “The Passion of The Christ”, an epic biblical film he self-financed by $30 million.

j6GXR TIL that John Wilkes Booth was present at the hanging of John Brown.

dD0MQ TIL that California company, Postum Foods, bought East-Coast brand, Hellman's Mayonnaise, in 1927. As a result of the merger, to present day, both brands were preserved in their respective territories, with Hellman's being sold East of the Rockies and Postum (now Best Foods) sold in the West.