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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 25Towel Day: When Douglas Adams died on May 11, 2001, an Internet forum proposed that, two weeks later, fans celebrate the author of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" with the first Towel Day. As Adams explains in the first volume of the series, "A towel ... is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have." You mainly celebrate by carrying around a towel all day and explaining, over and over again, why you are doing so. The Anti-Edison: In Greek myth, Daedalus had really bad luck with his inventions. First, he invented the labyrinth as a way to contain the Minotaur. Then the king was so worried about the Minotaur getting loose that he locked up Daedalus and his son, Icarus, so they wouldn't map it for anybody. On July 9, 1976, what nice great-great-great-great granddaughter of the perfidious George III became an honorary citizen of New York? A) Agatha Christie B) Queen Elizabeth II C) Marianne Faithfull D) Margaret Thatcher Previous answer: "Macbeth" is famous for its witches. 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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