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RELEASE: FEBRUARY 16, 2012
British post-punk group Joy Division's music wasn't especially joyful. And the origin of the name is even less so. As the story goes, the Nazis plucked the prettiest women from concentration camps and employed them in brothels for preferred soldiers.…Read more.
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.
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Trivia Bits for Monday, August 10Bombshells: In the 1930s, Jean Harlow was the platinum-blonde bombshell who starred in, naturally enough, both "Platinum Blonde" and "Bombshell." In fact, it is because of Jean Harlow that a bombshell, originally something as shattering or devastating as a bomb, came to refer to beautiful women, as well. Another slang word, the notion of being bombed as a synonym for being drunk, probably dates to 1959. Celebrity Pizza Pitchmen: In 1997, Pizza Hut got former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to appear in a TV commercial with his 10-year-old granddaughter, Anastasia, in which they rejoice in all the chain-restaurant pizza that capitalism can deliver.
What runneth over in Psalm 23? A) My cup B) Our hearts C) The messenger D) The riverbed Previous answer: Mary Poppins blew into the Banks home. 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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