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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, 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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