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Wednesday, November 25
Mortified by reports of famine in Ethiopia, Bob Geldof and Ultravox's Midge Ure wrote "Do They Know It's Christmas," and 25 years ago today, some of Britain's top stars recorded the song at Trevor Horn's SARM West studio. Bob George flew …Read more.
Tuesday, November 24
It was 150 years ago today that Charles Darwin saw the publication of "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection," which explained evolution and made possible another century of scientific advances. Darwin dawdled considerably …Read more.
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Monday, November 23
When he was 13, Roald Dahl got a chance to be a taste-tester for a focus group at Cadbury, along with his classmates at Repton in Darbyshire. At the time, Cadbury and Rowntree engaged in bitter corporate espionage. It all …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.
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Trivia Bits for Monday, September 28No Emmy, Either: You know the famous story about Marlon Brandon refusing to accept his Oscar in person, sending Sacheen Littlefeather to reject it in his stead. But he also didn't show up for his only Emmy, which he won in 1979 for playing neo-Nazi George Lincoln Rockwell in "Roots: The Next Generations." But there was no Sacheen Littlefeather this time. On his behalf, presenter John Ritter accepted the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Special. Banana Republics: Woody Allen said that he called his 1971 film "Bananas" "because there are no bananas in it." He was originally thinking of calling it "El Weirdo." It also included a small role for some nobody named Sylvester Stallone, who played a subway thug. What element makes up most of the weight of water and about half the weight of most rocks? A) Carbon B) Hydrogen C) Oxygen D) Quartz Previous answer: The Turks ran the Ottoman Empire. 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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