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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 October 27Some believe the "club" in a club sandwich is the Saratoga Club in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. A line cook named Danny Mears is said to have collected bacon, lettuce and turkey between slices of bread. A different club in Saratoga Springs is credited with inventing potato chips. As the story goes, Chef George Crum got tired of a customer who kept demanding more thinly sliced French fries. At first, potato chips were called Saratoga chips. The Funk Brothers played on more No. 1 hits than anybody else, since they were Motown studio's session musicians. Another legendary group of session musicians was the Wrecking Crew, which played on six straight Grammy winners for Song of the Year: "A Taste of Honey"; "Strangers in the Night"; "Up, Up and Away"; "Mrs. When Alice ran into a stuttering dodo in Wonderland, she was meeting the stand-in for what author? A) Hans Christian Andersen B) James Barrie C) L. Frank Baum D) Lewis Carroll Previous answer: Norman Rockwell worked on Boy Scout calendars. 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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