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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 Saturday, August 15Happy Indian Independence Day: Today, the world's most populous democracy is celebrating the 62nd anniversary of the day in 1947 when the British left India. Although Pakistan fractured off, leading to some viciously bloody ethnic cleansing, the moment represented the culmination of a determined campaign to achieve freedom. Today, it is celebrated with flag-hoisting ceremonies and colorful pageants. The Sacred Shopping List: We've been on a bit of a science fiction kick this week. One of our favorites is Walter Miller's "A Canticle for Leibowitz," a post-apocalyptic tale about the rebuilding of religion. One of the key relics, left behind before the Simplification by an engineer martyr named Saint Isaac Leibowitz, is this mysterious list: "Pound pastrami, can kraut, six bagels — bring home for Emma." What initials are shared by women named Cregg on "The West Wing," Lamb on "L.A.
A) CJ B) DJ C) OJ D) PJ Previous answer: James Naismith is credited with creating both basketball and the football helmet. 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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