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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 Thursday, September 17Know Your Constitution: Today is Constitution Day. It used to be Citizenship Day, but that was changed by Sen. Robert Byrd as a rider within a massive spending bill in 2004. The Constitution was indeed signed on this day in 1787, and Louisville, Ohio, led the way in making the day "official." You won't get the day off, but if your school gets federal funding, you have to teach the kids about the Constitution today. Or else. Honorary NL Teams: In 1882, the Troy Trojans and Worcester Brown Stockings were kicked out of the National League, of which both are still honorary members. The Troy Trojans are, essentially, the ancestors of the San Francisco Giants, since about half the Trojan players joined the New York Gothams, which became the Giants before moving to California.
If you want squid in an Italian restaurant, what do you order? A) Calamari B) Caligari C) Cristoforo D) Kampai Previous answer: Small flakes of skin from the scalp is called dandruff, not duff. 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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