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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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Friday, June 19Vel-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. 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." 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.
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