Anniversary Edition facts
While investigating facts about Anniversary Edition, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Pepsi released a limited edition "Pepsi Perfect" soft drink that was used in "Back to the Future Part II" to commemorate the trilogy's 30th anniversary. Only 6,500 bottles were produced costing $20.15 each. At Comic-Con they were given to people dressed as Marty McFly.
In 2015 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Monopoly in France, 80 sets of the anniversary edition included some real money and one set filled with real money valued at $23,268.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 8 of the best facts about Anniversary Edition I managed to collect.
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The New York Times admitted downplaying the Holocaust in their 150th anniversary edition
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Trivial pursuit 20th anniversary edition has an incorrect answer to the Seinfeld related question: "in the bubble boy episode, which producer voiced the bubble boy". The answer they give is Larry David, when the answer is in fact John Hayman.
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The original, iconic artwork in "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" was replaced with less scary versions in the 30th Anniversary editions
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In 2007, Foo Fighters released a cover of Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" on the 10th Anniversary edition of The Colour and the Shape. The cover was supposedly "long forgotten" and hasn't been mentioned or played by the Foo Fighters in a long time.
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A special edition of Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego was created in 1989 for 100th anniversary of the state
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Fanta (created in Germany, 1940 by Coca Cola Deutschland) released a 75th anniversary edition in Germany. The ad is translated as saying that they wish to bring back the feeling of "the Good Old Times", which many interpreted as meaning the Nazi regime.
