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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 Thursday, August 13"Survivor: Race War" Edition: One of the more controversial editions of "Survivor" was the 13th edition, set in the Cook Islands, in which the players were divided into race-based tribes: Blacks, Asians, Whites and Latinos. It was won by Yul Kwon, one of the Asians, who had worked for Sen. Joe Lieberman. He was also the first winner to have found the Hidden Immunity Idol. Separated at Birth: In March 1976, Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon and NFL star quarterback Peyton Manning were born two days apart at the former Southern Baptist Hospital and spent time together in the same nursery.
What Australian island has had carnivorous devils and wolves named for it? A) Papua B) Queensland C) Tasmania D) Zealand Previous answer: The SVU in "Law & Order: SVU" stands for Special Victims Unit. 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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