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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 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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