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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 9Happy Vesak: Many of the world's Buddhists, particularly those in Thailand, are celebrating Vesak today. Vesak is sort of like a Buddhist Christmas, except that the Buddha's entire life is celebrated. Unlike Christmas, however, Vesak traditions are almost all of a religious nature, and involve works of charity, temple decoration and acts of extra piety. Happy Europe Day: This is also Europe Day, dedicated to celebrating the European Union. It is the anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, by which France and Germany agreed to pool their coal and steel resources as a first step toward European unity. Who wrote books named for a carpenter called Adam Bede and for a weaver called Silas Marner? A) Charles Dickens B) George Eliot C) Henry James D) Mark Twain Previous answer: Gibraltar is made of limestone. 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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