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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 Tuesday, August 18The Odd Life of Kurt Vonnegut: One of the lesser-known facts about Kurt Vonnegut is that he once ran a car dealership called Saab Cape Cod in West Barnstable, Mass., making him one of the Swedish manufacturer's first dealers in the United States. Another is that his daughter married Geraldo Rivera, which must have made for some particularly weird Thanksgiving dinner table conversation. Science vs. Religion: Although much oxygen is consumed by the battle between scientists and religious people, particularly American Protestants, the war mostly passes the rest of the world by. John Paul II once said, "From the viewpoint of faith, there can be no difficulties in explaining the origin of man, in regard to the body, by means of the theory of evolution." And the Dalai Lama has even said that if science ever disproves Buddhism, he would cease to be a Buddhist. Generally, felines have 30 of these, even though some of them are called canines. A) Claws B) Teeth C) Whiskers D) Vertebrae Previous answer: The great egret is the symbol of the National Audubon Society. 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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