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Monday, March 22
There are names for all that clutter filling up your TV screen. Actual, printable names. The station logos are called bugs, which is rather apt, actually. Those annoying animated ads that move across the screen are snipes. They are designed to …Read more.
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.
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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 before publishing his ideas, though, and was nearly scooped by Alfred Russel Wallace, who was developing the same insights. The term "survival of the fittest" only appeared in the fifth edition, the term having originated with Herbert Spencer. Richard Knerr and Spud Melin founded Wham-O, which was named for its first product, a kind of slingshot inspired by a device falconers used to fire meat at falcons in training. In the 1950s, the company mastered the art of turning unusual playthings into national fads, starting with the hula hoop, the marketing of which inspired the movie "The Hudsucker Proxy." Popularized by JFK's national security advisor, McGeorge Bundy, what Wham-O product was made with Zectron? A) Frisbee B) Hula Hoop C) Silly String D) Super Ball Previous answer: Somebody with alektorophobia fears chickens. 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. COPYRIGHT 2009 PAUL PAQUET DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM
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