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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 4World War III: Ever wonder how WWIII might have played out? Had the Soviets attacked first, most believe the Warsaw Pact would have headed for Frankfurt, pouring through a less-rugged German area called the Fulda Gap. It is also very likely that NATO would have used tactical nukes to compensate if it were outnumbered and once nukes are on the board, the Soviets would have been tempted to start throwing them at North America. Yikes ... Other Ways To Destroy Cities: Hercules is credited with founding Herculaneum, which was named for him. So he gets the blame for what happened later. That city was destroyed when Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, along with Pompeii, Stabiae and Oplontis. What was that again? You don't know what acoustics is? Say what? It's what, now? A) The study of logic B) The study of sound C) The study of warfare D) The study of words Previous answer: A student of cryonics could keep beer cold (provided he or she were at least 21, of course). 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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