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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, May 1Women You Want On Your Trivia Team: Geena Davis is no dummy. She is a Mensa member. In fact, while an exchange student in Sandviken, she learned fluent Swedish. Her other unusual claim to fame is that she not only took up archery, but came close to qualifying for the American Olympic team. Mind you, she can't be all that smart. She did appear in "Cutthroat Island." Women in Office: Long before Hillary, Victoria Woodhull was the first American woman to run for president, back in 1872. And her VP was a black man: Frederick Douglass. Nobody was sure how many votes they got, but Ulysses Grant got 3,598,235. In the galaxy, the Earth is found in the spiral arm of what mighty hunter constellation? A) Hercules B) Orion C) Perseus D) Sagittarius Previous answer: The only country named for Jesus is El Salvador ("The Savior") in Latin America. 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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