Po Box facts

While investigating facts about Po Box, I found out little known, but curios details like:

The first ransomware named AIDS was created in 1989 and distributed on floppy disk. Victims had to send $189 to a PO box in Panama in order to decrypt their filenames. The creator and biologist Dr. Popp was declared mentally ill and, after his discharge, opened a butterfly conservatory in NY.

During WWII, Babies born at the Los Alamos site of the Manhattan Project had their place of birth listed as a PO Box in Santa Fe.

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 2 of the best facts about Po Box I managed to collect.