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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.
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.
Friday, November 20
Last month, we looked at Earth's prime meridian. There is a prime meridian on Mars, too. It runs through the crater Airy-0, which is named for British Astronomer Royal George Biddell Airy. And as it happens, he built the "transit circle" …Read more.
Thursday, November 19
One of the titans of animation was Isadore Freleng, nicknamed Friz for his frizzie hair. He had been part of the Kansas City clique of animators working for Disney before moving to Warner Brothers, where he was a key person behind such characters as …Read more.
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Trivia Bits for October 10This is Double Ten Day in China. No, not that China. The other, smaller China. The one you call Taiwan. It is the successor state of the regime that knocked down the Chinese emperor and declared a republic. This process started with the Wuchang Uprising, which began on Oct. 10. Hence, Double Ten. It is also known as National Celebration Day. Tomorrow you may be in for a surprise. It is National Coming Out Day, when gay men, lesbians and bisexuals are encouraged to share their status with friends and family. The idea came up after the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1987. Candace Gingrich became the spokesperson for the day in April 1995. Coming out is especially important for what is called the "gay agenda," since people who have gay friends or relatives are more supportive of gay-friendly policies. What was the first film to be released on home video before winning the Best Picture Oscar? A) Braveheart B) Crash C) The Silence of the Lambs D) Titanic Previous answer: Indonesia shares Timor with East Timor and New Guinea with Papua New Guinea (and also shares Borneo with Brunei and Malaysia). 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. Paul Paquet has been writing trivia since the early 1990s, and has written roughly 100,000 questions. COPYRIGHT 2009 PAUL PAQUET DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM
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