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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.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 11, 2012
Charlie Chaplin was a great artist, but he was also consumed by a form of pedophilia called phebophilia, which is an overwhelming attraction for teenage girls. He married and divorced two underage girls. One of them, Lita Grey, he married because …Read more.
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Trivia Bits for January 4Monday, January 4 Errata: Our sharp-eyed readers found some errata worth passing on. For example, we called Sam-I-Am the narrator of "Green Eggs and Ham." But of course, the narrator is the guy who tells Sam that he "could not, would not" eat the green eggs and ham. We also misspelled the name of Bob Dylan's son Jakob and had interesting email about the Winston's cigarette slogan and about the U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen. Thanks, everybody! As the story goes, Edward de Vere spent six years in embarrassed, self-imposed exile after bending over and experiencing a bout of flatulence in the presence of Queen Elizabeth I. Reportedly, on his return, the Queen welcomed him home and said, "My Lord, I had forgot the fart." She may have been more upset by his Catholicism, though.
The Lucas and Barber Bible, also called the Wicked Bible, misprinted Exodus 20:14. What did it say? A) God so loathed the world B) Hollow be thy name C) Let there be night D) Thou shall commit adultery Previous answer: Whether it's in the black or in the red, IBM will always be Big Blue. 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. Paul Paquet has been writing trivia since the early 1990s, and has written roughly 100,000 questions. For more, visit triviahalloffame.com or e-mail him at paul@triviahalloffame.com. COPYRIGHT 2010 PAUL PAQUET DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM
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