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Tuesday, November 24
It was 150 years ago today that Charles Darwin saw the publication of "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection," which explained evolution and made possible another century of scientific advances. Darwin dawdled considerably …Read more.
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Monday, November 23
When he was 13, Roald Dahl got a chance to be a taste-tester for a focus group at Cadbury, along with his classmates at Repton in Darbyshire. At the time, Cadbury and Rowntree engaged in bitter corporate espionage. It all …Read more.
Saturday, November 21
Ever wondered what happened to Francis Gary Powers? He was the American pilot who crashed into the Soviet Union, deeply embarrassing the Eisenhower administration. He was traded back to the United States in 1962, for a Soviet spy caught in the U.S. …Read more.
Saturday, November 21
Ever wondered what happened to Francis Gary Powers? He was the American pilot who crashed into the Soviet Union, deeply embarrassing the Eisenhower administration. He was traded back to the United States in 1962, for a Soviet spy caught in the U.S. …Read more.
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Trivia Bits for Friday, September 4Urban Papal Myths: There is a persistent but mythical story that an Englishwoman disguised herself as a man and became Pope Joan. Supposedly, she gave the game away only when she gave birth while mounting a horse. Thus ended her three-week papacy, wedged in 855 CE between Leo IV and Benedict III. Oddly, there is a John XIX and a John XXI, but no John XX, so some people see that as proof that Joan (aka John XX) was erased from history. Through the Wardrobe: Narnia's landscape was inspired by C.S. Lewis' home in Northern Ireland, and an Italian town he once passed through may have inspired its name. Lewis eventually created an entire geography for Narnia, whose capital, Cair Paravel, is on the Great River. What "Rocket Man" founded Rocket Records in 1972, only to re-sign with MCA after recording just one album for his own label? A) David Bowie B) Alice Cooper C) Bob Dylan D) Elton John Previous answer: There were 16 French kings named Louis before the French Revolution (and a few afterward). TRIVIA FANS: Send the trivia questions you've always wanted answered, or original TriviaBits ideas of your own, with your full name and hometown, to Paul Paquet at paul@triviahalloffame.com or visit him online at www.triviahalloffame.com.
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