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RELEASE: FEBRUARY 16, 2012
British post-punk group Joy Division's music wasn't especially joyful. And the origin of the name is even less so. As the story goes, the Nazis plucked the prettiest women from concentration camps and employed them in brothels for preferred soldiers.…Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Before Mickey Mouse — and before he knew much about intellectual property laws — Walt Disney created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1928 for Universal. When he and Universal parted company, Disney lost Oswald, which always rankled the …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Today we look at the unhappy history of celebrity stalkers. Robert Bardo became obsessed with young actor Rebecca Schaeffer. He hired a private investigator to find out where she lived and shot her to death, leading the LAPD to set up a Threat …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 13, 2012
Some TV and movie stars sing on hit records. Others have criminal records. For example, in 1970, Suzanne Somers was arrested for passing bad checks. Larry King was accused of larceny after siphoning off cash intended to fund the New Orleans DA's …Read more.
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Trivia Bits for Friday, October 2Every Day is a Winding Road: Sheryl Crow's career began, oddly enough, with a stint as a backup singer for Michael Jackson's 18-month "Bad" tour. She had been working as a music teacher in Missouri, taking gigs in the evenings, notably singing ad jingles in the St. Louis basement studio of a friend of hers. She made $40,000 from a McDonald's commercial. Her solo career took off with "Tuesday Night Music Club." Those Darn Hoi Polloi: The next time you hear somebody complaining about the hoi polloi, with their snobby noses up in the ear, you can really rankle that person by observing that the hoi polloi are actually the unwashed masses.
What, originally, were the nits that a nitpicker would pick? A) Eyebrow hairs B) Louse eggs C) Pills in cotton D) Wooden splinters Previous answer: The Emmy is the tallest of the four main entertainment awards. 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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