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Wednesday, November 25
Mortified by reports of famine in Ethiopia, Bob Geldof and Ultravox's Midge Ure wrote "Do They Know It's Christmas," and 25 years ago today, some of Britain's top stars recorded the song at Trevor Horn's SARM West studio. Bob George flew …Read more.
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.
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Trivia Bits for October 22Tokyo Tower is 1,092 feet, which means that it is 36 feet higher than the Eiffel Tower, of which it is an orange copy. Found in Minato, Tokyo Tower often indicates a Tokyo scene-setting in anime, much as the Eiffel Tower indicates Paris. There is also an Eiffel Tower in Paris, Texas. This 65-foot-high Eiffel was eclipsed by a 70-foot one in Paris, Tenn. The irked Texas fought back by adding a big red cowboy hat to their Eiffel, making it taller again. The Emmy Awards changed the rules after Ellen Burstyn was nominated in 2006 for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for a 15-second performance in "Mrs. Harris," about the murder of Dr. Herman Tarnower by Jean Harris. Burstyn had played Harris in an earlier TV movie and had a short cameo as Gerda Stedman, another of Tarnower's lovers. The name of what religious figure is also the most common first name in the world? A) Jesus B) John C) Mary D) Mohammad Previous answer: Henry Gray wrote "Gray's Anatomy." 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. Paul Paquet has been writing trivia since the early 1990s, and has written roughly 100,000 questions. For more, visit triviahalloffame.com or e-mail him at paul@triviahalloffame.com. COPYRIGHT 2009 PAUL PAQUET DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM
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