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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, September 18Missile Trades: During the Cuban missile crisis, the United States forced the Soviets to back off and remove its missiles from Cuba. Less well known is that the Americans did some compromising, as well. NATO removed its intermediate range missiles from Turkey, which was on what was then the Soviet border. It wasn't the only NATO country on the Soviet doorstep. Norway shared a small border, too, and today, NATO has expanded into such former Soviet republics as Latvia. Idiots and Morons: The word "idiot" arrived in English in about 1300, having come from a Greek word for people not involved in public life. In other words, the only idiots are non-politicians. Harvey Stephens did a cameo as a tabloid reporter in the 2006 remake of what horror film, in which he'd starred as a child? A) The Exorcist B) The Omen C) Poltergeist D) Rosemary's Baby Previous answer: Calamari is squid. 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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