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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 October 17In 1972, Queen Margrethe II became Denmark's first female monarch in more than 500 years. But if that monarchy thing doesn't work out, she has career options. She studied prehistoric archaeology at Cambridge and still moonlights as a graphic designer. As "Ingahild Grathmer," she illustrated a 1977 Danish edition of "The Lord of the Rings," and she created stamps for both Denmark and Greenland. She has even designed the set and costumes for a 2005 production of Hans Christian Andersen's "Thumbelina" at Tivoli. After leaving Genesis, Peter Gabriel only had one No. 1 hit, but that song was even more famous for its video. The stop-action animated video for "Sledgehammer" was created by Aardman Studios, which you know for "Chicken Run" and "Wallace and Grommit." The video won nine MTV Moonmen and routinely tops lists of the greatest videos ever made. I like alligators. A) California B) Florida C) Hawaii D) Louisiana Previous answer: Vatican City technically has the world's highest per capita crime rate, mostly because of pickpockets who target tourists. 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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