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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 9Customizable Content: In 2006, the Jessica Simpson song "A Public Affair" could be customized with any of 500 different first names. You had to download it for double the usual price, but that came without digital rights management. The title track from her album of the same name, it included an interpolation Diana Ross's "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and was shortlisted for a Grammy. I Judge It a Great Name: Some people have names that are ironic, like Cardinal Sin from the Philippines, who was in fact a cardinal. Then there is Judge Learned Hand, one of the most influential lower-court justices the United States ever had. A little bit, in pills, helps heart patients. A lot, in dynamite, blows stuff up. What? A) Ammonium nitrate B) Gunpowder C) Nitroglycerin D) Trinitrotoluene Previous answer: "Ulysses" by James Joyce was famous for a 4,000-word-plus sentence. 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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