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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.

Vel-come, Ha, Ha, Ha: Romania welcomes tourists to Dracula's Castle. Well, it's actually called Bran Castle and strictly speaking, the "real" Dracula, Vlad Tepes, never actually lived there, although some say he was locked in the dungeon for two days once. That being said, it was a royal castle in the 1920s. After communism, a New York architect from the Habsburg family reclaimed the castle and nearly sold it, but changed his mind when Romania tried to renationalize it.

Happy Juneteenth: On this date in 1865, Union General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston to bring Texas back into the United States. As the story goes, he stood in a balcony of Ashton Villa and read the order enforcing the emancipation of its slaves.

Today, the holiday is mostly celebrated in Texas, but people in other states are celebrating, too. Incidentally, the actual Emancipation Proclamation had been issued on Sept. 22, 1862.

What Chevrolet was named for Aepyceros melampus, an animal better known by its Zulu name?

A) Cheetah

B) Falcon

C) Impala

D) Viper

Previous answer: The Rodent of Unusual Size was in "The Princess Bride."

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