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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 20Muslim Observances: Ramadan begins tonight at sunset, as we enter the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. This is the month in which Muslims believe the Quran was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. To mark the occasion, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from sunrise until sunset. Because the Muslim calendar works differently, Ramadan begins about 10 days earlier each year. You've Got to Come Back a Star: When the musical "42nd Street" opened in 1980 at the Winter Garden, it was doing so at a location just eight blocks from the actual 42nd Street, which intersects Broadway at Times Square. That part of the street houses some of the theater district's best-known palaces, more so since the city has closed down the red-light district and grindhouse movie houses for which the street was formerly famous.
Xantippe was Socrates' bad-tempered wife; Crocidura xantippe is what type of animal, whose name is synonymous with bad-tempered women? A) Harpy B) Rat C) Shrew D) Weasel Previous answer: It is Julius Caesar who came, saw and conquered! Veni, vidi, vici! 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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