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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 4Urban Papal Myths: There is a persistent but mythical story that an Englishwoman disguised herself as a man and became Pope Joan. Supposedly, she gave the game away only when she gave birth while mounting a horse. Thus ended her three-week papacy, wedged in 855 CE between Leo IV and Benedict III. Oddly, there is a John XIX and a John XXI, but no John XX, so some people see that as proof that Joan (aka John XX) was erased from history. Through the Wardrobe: Narnia's landscape was inspired by C.S. Lewis' home in Northern Ireland, and an Italian town he once passed through may have inspired its name. Lewis eventually created an entire geography for Narnia, whose capital, Cair Paravel, is on the Great River. What "Rocket Man" founded Rocket Records in 1972, only to re-sign with MCA after recording just one album for his own label? A) David Bowie B) Alice Cooper C) Bob Dylan D) Elton John Previous answer: There were 16 French kings named Louis before the French Revolution (and a few afterward). 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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