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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 26Orange Tabbies: Found on the comics page, what orange tabby cat shares his name with a "Wuthering Heights" character? That would be Heathcliff. You were probably thinking Garfield, who is also an orange tabby. George Gately's strip appeared first, in 1973, whereas Jim Davis developed Garfield in 1978. Whereas Heathcliff likes to cause havoc in the neighborhood, in single panels, Garfield sits around and eats lasagna, requiring several panels every day to do so. Orderly Law: In 1992, Paul Sorvino left "Law & Order," on which he played Detective Phil Cerreta, so he could have more time to sing opera. Somehow, though, the show survived the loss of such a major character.
Who ran the Ottoman Empire? A) The Arabs B) The Greeks C) The Mongols D) The Turks Previous answer: "Snakes on a Plane" was nearly called "Pacific Air 121." 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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