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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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Wednesday, January 13Having worked on Sid Caesar's legendary sketch comedy "Your Show of Shows," Carl Reiner thought it would be a great idea to set a sitcom backstage at a similar show. He originally wanted to star in it himself, but the network found him a bit too ... well ... Jewish. Two other choices emerged. One was Johnny Carson. But eventually it became "The Dick Van Dyke Show." You can still see echoes of it in shows like "30 Rock." In that Civil War marching song, we learn that John Brown's body lies a-moulderin' in the grave. But where is this grave where that moulderin' is happening? Well, that would be North Elba, N.Y. That being said, the John Brown of the song may not be the same as the nutty abolitionist. A more likely candidate is Sgt.
We've string beans and onions, cabbages and scallions, and all kind of fruit. But yes, we have none of what fruit today, per the 1923 song by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn? A) Apples B) Bananas C) Figs D) Olives Previous answer: The Pyramid was built in Memphis. 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 2010 PAUL PAQUET DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM
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