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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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Saturday, May 30Sabotage: Certain words are etymological mysteries that are tantalizingly close to solution. For example, we're pretty sure that the word "sabotage" comes from the French word "sabot." Traditionally, a sabot was a wooden shoe, and as the story goes, French luddites threw their shoes into industrial looms. A sabot can also be a railway track clamp, and we do know that during a 1910 rail strike, these were pulled out to disrupt commuters. But the word might also be slang for rural strikebreakers. Oscars Gone Wild: After Hollywood's Hays Code collapsed, the scandal of on-screen nudity quickly evaporated. Whereas it was once unthinkable for respectable actresses to appear nude, let alone topless, in a film, Glenda Jackson became the first woman to win an Oscar for doing either. The Lincoln Memorial appears on the $5, and the Jefferson Memorial is on the $10. Based on the bills on which they appear, which of these buildings is "worth" the most? A) Independence Hall B) U.S. Capitol C) U.S. Treasury Building D) White House Previous answer: Your baby teeth are deciduous. 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. Paul Paquet has been writing trivia since the early 1990s, and has written roughly 100,000 questions. For more, visit triviahalloffame.com or e-mail him at paul@triviahalloffame.com. COPYRIGHT 2009 PAUL PAQUET DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC.
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