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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 Wednesday, September 16Americans on Wheels: Long before Lance Armstrong and his heroic struggle to become a Tour de France champ, another American, Greg LeMond, completed a heroic struggle to become not only a Tour de France champ, but the first American champ. After winning his first Tour de France, his brother-in-law accidentally shot him while turkey hunting. Despite still having 37 shotgun pellets in his body, he went on to win the race two more times. Name That Chimp: The word "chimpanzee" is actually from the Angolan Bantu for "mock man." The second syllable of that name gave us the genus name Pan, which includes the chimp and the bonobo, which is a pygmy chimp. Which of these is not a meaning of "duff"? A) A curranty Scottish pudding B) Everything that collects on the forest floor C) A slang for the rear end D) Small flakes of skin fallen from the scalp Previous answer: The Rhode Island red is the state bird of Rhode Island. 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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