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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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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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