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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, September 24Chinese Jews: In 1605, Italian explorer Matteo Ricci was surprised to find Jews in Kaifeng, in China. About a thousand Jews had arrived there during the Middle Ages, at the invitation of the Sung Dynasty. In the 1800s, the British would bring many Indian and Iraqi Jews to China. Later still, Shanghai would have a vibrant Jewish community, as many European Jews fled there when the Nazis consolidated their power in Europe. First, They Take Iceland: Let's say you're Hitler, and you think you're going to someday have to attack the United States. How do you do it? First, you take over Iceland. In 1940, after knocking over Norway, the Nazis developed Operation Icarus, which would have put swastikas in Reykjavik. What videogame character lives in Knothole Village? A) Pac Man B) Sonic the Hedgehog C) Super Mario D) Zelda Previous answer: The St. Lawrence River was named for a man who was reputedly roasted to death. 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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