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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 22Tokyo Tower is 1,092 feet, which means that it is 36 feet higher than the Eiffel Tower, of which it is an orange copy. Found in Minato, Tokyo Tower often indicates a Tokyo scene-setting in anime, much as the Eiffel Tower indicates Paris. There is also an Eiffel Tower in Paris, Texas. This 65-foot-high Eiffel was eclipsed by a 70-foot one in Paris, Tenn. The irked Texas fought back by adding a big red cowboy hat to their Eiffel, making it taller again. The Emmy Awards changed the rules after Ellen Burstyn was nominated in 2006 for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for a 15-second performance in "Mrs. Harris," about the murder of Dr. Herman Tarnower by Jean Harris. Burstyn had played Harris in an earlier TV movie and had a short cameo as Gerda Stedman, another of Tarnower's lovers. The name of what religious figure is also the most common first name in the world? A) Jesus B) John C) Mary D) Mohammad Previous answer: Henry Gray wrote "Gray's Anatomy." 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. For more, visit triviahalloffame.com or e-mail him at paul@triviahalloffame.com. COPYRIGHT 2009 PAUL PAQUET DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM
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