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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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Monday, May 11Ghosts of Hollywood Past: Three Hollywood titans — Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. — made their last silver screen appearance in the same movie, 1981's "Ghost Story," in which they play members of the Chowder Society, who swap ghost stories, only to end up tangling with an actual ghost. The movie was based on a novel of that name, which turned writer Peter Straub into a bookstore superstar. Drinking Canada Dry: As the name suggests, Canada Dry was invented in Canada, by Ontario pharmacist John McLaughlin, whose brother founded what is now General Motors Canada. What hot pepper was named after the capital of the Mexican state of Veracruz? A) Empanada B) Jalapeno C) Lomo D) Tequila Previous answer: George Eliot wrote about Silas Marner and Adam Bede. 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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