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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 29Uzzah tried to keep the Ark of the Covenant from falling to the ground and was smitten on the spot, leading some to imagine that it was an electric capacitor, since acacia is a good insulator and gold a good conductor. The Ark itself contained a golden pot of manna, Aaron's rod and the tablets containing the Commandments. It vanished after Jerusalem was sacked, but some believe it is in a temple in Ethiopia. In Genesis 6, it says there were "giants in the earth in those days." Say what now? These Nephilim also appear in Numbers. Some say they were the offspring of fallen angels and human women. Or maybe they were simply "giants among men," the same way that Louis Armstrong was a giant of the jazz world. Or maybe aliens. What tentmaker from Tarsus watched Stephen get stoned ... and not in the recreational way, either? A) Mary Magdalen B) Paul C) Peter D) Timothy Previous answer: In split infinitives, like "to boldly go," you usually have an adverb doing the splitting. 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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