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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.
Wednesday, March 17
If you grew up in the 1980s, you may remember those GI Joe public service announcements. Eric Fensler parodied those PSAs on his website, adding non sequiturs. Hasbro was not amused. It sent in lawyers. But there were plans to slip the exclamation …Read more.
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Trivia Bits for Monday, September 14
You've Got Trivia: Elwood Edwards was the guy who said, "Welcome," "You've got mail," "File's done" and "Goodbye" for AOL. (You may remember AOL: It used to send out free drink coasters that also had computer programs on them.) He got the gig after his wife heard that the service now called AOL wanted to add a voice to its user interface. Apparently, he didn't get paid, but he did do a cameo on "The Simpsons." At the Tone, It Will Be Time for Trivia: Jane Barbe owed her career to her miserable spelling. Too embarrassed to show her work to her boss, the copywriter read it, instead, and he decided to use her in the commercial. Tanned with sumac, what fine soft goatskin leather is named for a country? A) Danish B) Morocco C) Suede D) Turquoise Previous answer: Michael Buffer wants to ensure that you are ready to rumble. 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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