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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 Tuesday, September 8Pardon Me: It was 35 years ago today that Gerald Ford sank his presidency by offering Richard Nixon a pardon for any crimes he committed while in office. As Ford explained, it was a way for the country to put the turmoil of Watergate behind it. For a country outraged by Nixon's offenses against the Constitution, however, it looked as if Nixon had resigned as part of a deal to get a pardon from Ford. Either way, Jimmy Carter beat Ford in 1976. Cheery Marketing: The FDA confirmed that Cheerios, once billed as "the first ready-to-eat oat cereal," can lower the risk of heart disease and allowed General Mills to use that claim in its marketing. Introduced in 1941, Cheerios was advertised that year on the "Lone Ranger" radio show, an association that would continue with the TV version.
Jonathan Coe's "The Rotters Club" included a record 13,955-word sentence, beating whose 4,391-word sentence in "Ulysses"? A) William Faulkner B) James Joyce C) Franz Kafka D) Herman Melville Previous answer: Dragonflies are the fastest insects. 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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