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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, 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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