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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.
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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Tuesday, November 3Frogs don't drink water. They absorb water through their skin. Water pollution is thus believed to be a key reason for the diminishing number of frogs. About one third of frog species are threatened with extinction, and some 120 species have gone extinct since the 1980s. A 2006 Canadian study suggests that traffic is especially hard on frogs. In fact, amphibian populations of all kinds have been crashing alarmingly. A urinating statue called the Mannekin Pis is an unlikely symbol of Brussels. The statue of the little boy is in a lane off the Grand Palace and was originally sculpted in the 1300s by Jerome Duquesnoy. There are various tall tales about the origin of the boy, and the locals like to dress him up in various outfits. The Swedish monarchy's palace is in the medieval Gamla Stan district of what city? A) Copenhagen B) Helsinki C) Oslo D) Stockholm Previous answer: There is an Iron Age, a Bronze Age and a Stone Age, but no Golden Age. 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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