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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 21Battling Alma: Yesterday marked the 255th anniversary of the beginning of the Crimean War, when the French and British teamed up to beat the Russians in a battle at the River Alma. The battle made "Alma" a popular girls name, but even more oddly, the battle's veterans from the Isle of Man decided they would each name one of their sons Alma, who in turn would name one of their sons Alma and so on. As near as I can tell, subsequent generations of Manx men decided this was a dumb idea and stopped doing it. New Nation, New Name: Many of Israel's early leaders adopted new names in their new country. Polish-born David Gruen became David Ben-Gurion, which means "Son of the Lion." And Golda Mabovitz became Golda Myerson when she got married, and then in turn became Golda Meir, a Hebraization of her married name.
What John Cusack movie, based on a Jim Thompson novel, nearly starred Cher as his sexy mom and Michelle Pfeiffer as his sexy girlfriend? A) "Being John Malkovich" B) "The Grifters" C) "Grosse Pointe Blank" D) "Say Anything" Previous answer: To stay kosher, you could have vegetarian pizza. 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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