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Saturday, March 20
One of the more peculiar, but lesser known, incidents in the Apollo mission occurred when an astronaut gave himself communion on the moon. Buzz Aldrin used a kit prepared by his pastor back home. The incident occurred during radio silence, to avoid …Read more.
Friday, March 19
To fight prostate cancer, the AdMeTech Foundation introduced Prosty the Spokesgland, whose theme song was sung to the tune of "Frosty the Snowman." The rousing chorus was, "Look at Prosty grow/Lumpety lump lump/Lumpety lump lump/No …Read more.
Thursday, March 18
ASCAP doesn't mess around. It will sue your butt off if you violate the copyright of its members. In 1995, ASCAP announced that unless it got fees of up $1,400 from each site, it would take legal action resulting in six-figure fines or a year in …Read more.
Wednesday, March 17
If you grew up in the 1980s, you may remember those GI Joe public service announcements. Eric Fensler parodied those PSAs on his website, adding non sequiturs. Hasbro was not amused. It sent in lawyers. But there were plans to slip the exclamation …Read more.
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Saturday, November 14
Yesterday, we wondered about the "real" Robin Hood. What about the "real" Lady Godiva? As the story goes, she rode naked through the streets of Coventry to get her husband to lower taxes. As it happens, there is a record of a Godgifu who was married to Leofric, earl of Mercia, which includes Coventry. The widowed Godgifu is mentioned in the Domesday survey as one of the few Anglo-Saxons, and the only woman, to remain a major landholder shortly after the Norman Conquest. Asians think of religion in different terms than most North Americans and Europeans do. It is not uncommon, for example, for somebody in Japan to follow Shinto, Buddhist and even Christian rituals. And some people question whether Confucianism is a religion at all, since it has no clergy, doesn't involve any gods and doesn't talk about the afterlife. Some folks like the way a skirl sounds. A) A cat in heat B) A flatulent man C) Bagpipes D) Nails on a blackboard Previous answer: King Arthur is said to have died at Camlann. 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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