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Thursday, May 23
In addition to being a notoriously voiced singer, Neil Young also loves model trains, so much so that he tried to take over Lionel Trains. He even invented a control system so that his disabled son could play with the trains as well, by remote …Read more.
Wednesday, May 22
Paul Julian worked behind the scenes at Warner Brothers, painting the backgrounds of the cartoons. He was particularly known for doing urban scenes. But his other claim to almost-fame is that he voiced the Roadrunner. It was an easy gig, since the …Read more.
Tuesday, May 21
Polo and jai alai share a particular rule that few other sports would even consider. No left-handed players are allowed. In jai alai, this is because of the three-walled court, which requires bounces off the sidewall, a touch move if you're a …Read more.
Monday, May 20
An EGOT is winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. The first British actor to pull this off was John Gielgud. He won an Emmy for the "Summer's Lease" miniseries and an Oscar, oddly enough, for 1981's "Arthur." He won the Tony, …Read more.
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2012In Roman numerals, an I is a 1, a V is a 5 and an X is a 10. But there is no Roman numeral for 0 because Romans never thought of 0 as a number. Europeans had no 0 at all until the Arabs exported the idea, and they in turn got in from India. As you can imagine, this represented a revolution in mathematics. Interestingly, one other culture had the 0: the Mayans. What TV show used to run ads bragging that it was No. 1 in TV Guide's 2002 list of the worst shows of all time? A) "Cop Rock" B) "Homeboys From Outer Space" C) "The Jerry Springer Show" D) "The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer" Previous answer: Abrams and Sherman are both the names of tanks. 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.
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