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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 Saturday, September 19Grand Muftis: The British appointed Haj Amin al-Husseini to be grand mufti of Jerusalem. This probably was not a good idea. He was a staunch anti-Zionist who fled Palestine ahead of his arrest, and in 1941, he flew to meet Adolf Hitler to discuss those darn Jews. The mufti even agreed to recruit Muslims for the Waffen-SS. When the Jordanians took over part of Jerusalem after the war, they formally replaced the mufti, who died in Cairo in 1974. Other Israels: As pogroms ravished Europe's Jewish populations, they began to look for a homeland of their own. However, in 1880, only about 5 percent of Palestinians were Jewish, so the British thought to offer them Uganda, instead, which was already occupied by some Abayundaya Jews. If you want to stay kosher, which of these foods can you order? A) Cheeseburger B) Filet mignon C) Lobster thermidor D) Vegetarian pizza Previous answer: Harvey Stephens was the original Damian in "The Omen." 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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