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RELEASE: FEBRUARY 18, 2012
Tim Harper was a campus reporter for the Drake University Times-Delphic in Iowa, when he broke the biggest story of his career on Sept. 17, 1969. Except that none of it was true. That year, Paul McCartney was out of the public eye, as he mulled the …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 17, 2012
Henry James proofread the galleys for the 1903 edition of "The Ambassadors," which had been serialized in North American Review. Unfortunately, NAR had edited it down, and James wanted to restore the original version for the book. In the …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 16, 2012
British post-punk group Joy Division's music wasn't especially joyful. And the origin of the name is even less so. As the story goes, the Nazis plucked the prettiest women from concentration camps and employed them in brothels for preferred soldiers.…Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Before Mickey Mouse — and before he knew much about intellectual property laws — Walt Disney created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1928 for Universal. When he and Universal parted company, Disney lost Oswald, which always rankled the …Read more.
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Trivia Bits for October 15White Cane Safety Day has been celebrated every year on Oct. 15 since 1964. The white cane symbolizes the ability of blind people to get around independently. The "safety" part reminds the rest of us, especially those of us in cars, to keep an eye out for white canes. To help blind people become a more integrated part of the world around them, Jacobus tenBroek, the founder of the National Federation of the Blind, drafted the model White Cane Law, which many jurisdictions have since developed. Tristan de Cunha is considered the most isolated populated place on earth. Fewer than 300 people live in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, 1,500 miles away from St. Helena and 1,750 miles from South Africa. The British grabbed the place to keep it away from the Americans and, especially, away from the French, who might have used it as a base to free Napoleon from St.
What is the most popular vegetable in the United States, especially when deep-fried? A) Avocado B) Carrot C) Potato D) Tomato Previous answer: The supposed longest word in English mostly affects miners. 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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