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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 15But You Probably Do Need an Editor: The next time soulless bureaucrats and bosses bowdlerize your works of genius, think of Thomas Bowdler, the physician who did an even worse hatchet job on Shakespeare. Concerned that the bard was warping the morals of youth, he produced an 1818 "Family Shakespeare" in which he promised, "those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family." The Dude Abides: According to the Bartenders Association of America, sales of White Russians quadrupled after it appeared as the Dude's favorite drink in "The Big Lebowski." A White Russian is made from vodka, coffee liqueur and either milk or cream, served in an old-fashioned glass with ice. Signed in 1648, the Peace of Westphalia ended a war that began in what year? A) 1548 B) 1618 C) 1638 D) 1641 Previous answer: Becky Sharp is in "Vanity Fair." 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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