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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, September 14You've Got Trivia: Elwood Edwards was the guy who said, "Welcome," "You've got mail," "File's done" and "Goodbye" for AOL. (You may remember AOL: It used to send out free drink coasters that also had computer programs on them.) He got the gig after his wife heard that the service now called AOL wanted to add a voice to its user interface. Apparently, he didn't get paid, but he did do a cameo on "The Simpsons." At the Tone, It Will Be Time for Trivia: Jane Barbe owed her career to her miserable spelling. Too embarrassed to show her work to her boss, the copywriter read it, instead, and he decided to use her in the commercial.
Tanned with sumac, what fine soft goatskin leather is named for a country? A) Danish B) Morocco C) Suede D) Turquoise Previous answer: Michael Buffer wants to ensure that you are ready to rumble. 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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