Published Monday, April 10, 2017
OTTAWA -- The Bank of Canada has placed an Easter egg on its website promoting the new $10 bill.
If visitors to the website enter the right series of keys, [...something special happens.]
The central bank unveiled the design for the new $10 bank note last week to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation.
The key sequence to unlock the secret is known as the Konami code because it was first included in a video game by the Japanese company of the same name in 1986.
The cheat code has since been used in dozens of other games.
The code is: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a
"The Bank of Canada's web team thought the Konami code was a fun way to celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation," Bank of Canada spokeswoman Josianne Menard said.
CLICK HERE TO VISIT BANK OF CANADA'S WEBSITE
(You can view the new $10 bill and don't forget to enter the code highlighted above, using your keyboard, Don't worry, it's perfectly safe)