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RELEASE: FEBRUARY 16, 2012
British post-punk group Joy Division's music wasn't especially joyful. And the origin of the name is even less so. As the story goes, the Nazis plucked the prettiest women from concentration camps and employed them in brothels for preferred soldiers.…Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 15, 2012
Before Mickey Mouse — and before he knew much about intellectual property laws — Walt Disney created Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 1928 for Universal. When he and Universal parted company, Disney lost Oswald, which always rankled the …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Today we look at the unhappy history of celebrity stalkers. Robert Bardo became obsessed with young actor Rebecca Schaeffer. He hired a private investigator to find out where she lived and shot her to death, leading the LAPD to set up a Threat …Read more.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 13, 2012
Some TV and movie stars sing on hit records. Others have criminal records. For example, in 1970, Suzanne Somers was arrested for passing bad checks. Larry King was accused of larceny after siphoning off cash intended to fund the New Orleans DA's …Read more.
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Trivia Bits for Friday, August 14Previously Elvis: Before making it big as a rock star, Elvis Costello was a computer nerd who worked as a data entry clerk at an Elizabeth Arden cosmetics factory. And his real name is actually Declan McManus. But music runs in his blood: his dad was a bandleader. Although Costello first rode in on the punk wave, he later experimented with country and mostly records jazz and pop now, alongside his wife, Canadian chanteuse Diana Krall. Previously Australian: Mel Gibson's big break was in the Australian movie "Mad Max." But although born in New York State, his Aussie accent had become so strong that the movie had to be re-dubbed for release in the United States.
In addition to creating basketball, who is also said to have invented the football helmet? A) Cecil Hart B) James Naismith C) James Norris D) Art Ross 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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