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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.
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.
Friday, November 20
Last month, we looked at Earth's prime meridian. There is a prime meridian on Mars, too. It runs through the crater Airy-0, which is named for British Astronomer Royal George Biddell Airy. And as it happens, he built the "transit circle" …Read more.
Thursday, November 19
One of the titans of animation was Isadore Freleng, nicknamed Friz for his frizzie hair. He had been part of the Kansas City clique of animators working for Disney before moving to Warner Brothers, where he was a key person behind such characters as …Read more.
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Trivia Bits for Friday, September 11Annually Chinese: As the story goes, Buddha called the animals of the world to his side, but only 12 showed up. In their honor, he named a year for each of them. That's why this is the Year of the Ox. Incidentally, traditionally, Chinese years were numbered, not A.D. or B.C., but based on the number of years the current emperor had been in charge. When the emperor was deposed in 1912, years were numbered for the Republic. In 1949, the 38th Year of the Republic, the communists switched to the Western system. Patriot Day: Today is Patriot Day in the United States, which marks the horrible events of Sept. 11. The House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution calling for the holiday on Oct. 24, 2001. On Patriot Day, the flag should be flown at half-staff, and you should observe a moment of silence at 8:46 A.M., Eastern time, which is when the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center. Each of these songs is famously long, but which is longest, at 17 minutes, two seconds on the studio album? A) "American Pie" by Don McLean B) "Freebird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd C) "Hey Jude" by Beatles D) "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly Previous answer: Alexander the Great was Macedonian. 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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