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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 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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