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Thursday, November 19
One of the titans of animation was Isadore Freleng, nicknamed Friz for his frizzie hair. He had been part of the Kansas City clique of animators working for Disney before moving to Warner Brothers, where he was a key person behind such characters as …Read more.
Wednesday, November 18
Harry Potter's Sorcerer's Stone was called the Philosopher's Stone in the British edition. Historically, alchemists sought to create a philosopher's stone to make their own gold. In 1980, Glenn Seaborg succeeded when centuries of alchemists had …Read more.
Wednesday, November 18
Harry Potter's Sorcerer's Stone was called the Philosopher's Stone in the British edition. Historically, alchemists sought to create a philosopher's stone to make their own gold. In 1980, Glenn Seaborg succeeded when centuries of alchemists had …Read more.
Tuesday, November 17
Happy International Students' Day! It was on this date, 70 years ago, that the Nazis stormed the University of Prague to stomp on students protesting the killing of medical student Jan Opletal, who had been protesting the Nazi occupation. The Nazis …Read more.
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Friday, November 20Last month, we looked at Earth's prime meridian. There is a prime meridian on Mars, too. It runs through the crater Airy-0, which is named for British Astronomer Royal George Biddell Airy. And as it happens, he built the "transit circle" telescope at Greenwich that marks Earth's prime meridian. The prime meridian of Venus passes through an oval feature called Eve. Buddhism has a toehold in the United States, not just among Asian immigrants, but also among a large number of converts. Between 1990 and 2001, Buddhism grew 170 percent, and recently it has displaced Islam as the third most practiced religion, after Christianity and Judaism. Famous Buddhists include Richard Gere, Herbie Hancock, Tina Turner, Steven Seagal, Orlando Bloom and Goldie Hawn. With its prehensile 18-inch tongue, what animal can get to the leaves 20 feet up on acacia trees? A) Elephant B) Giraffe C) Gnu D) Human Previous answer: Bob Dylan was stuck inside of Mobile. 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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