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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 22State No. 51: The United States nearly had a 51st state that would have been dominated by Indians, particularly those Indians who had been forced out of their home territories and relocated to eastern Oklahoma. This is where the proposed state of Sequoyah would have been. It would have been named for Sequoyah, who developed the Cherokee alphabet (technically, it's a syllabary). Three genera of redwoods are also named for him. Tax the Poor, Free the Rich: If you know your Robin Hood, you know that John is only running the show because Richard the Lionheart is off on Crusade. What you may not know is that his return home was delayed because he was kidnapped and held for ransom in 1193, in a castle above Durnstein, Austria. What capital of Tyrol has hosted the Winter Olympics twice? A) Albertville B) Innsbruck C) St. Moritz D) Turin Previous answer: There is an "A" on a piano keyboard and in the word "piano." 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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