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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.
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.
Friday, November 20
Last month, we looked at Earth's prime meridian. There is a prime meridian on Mars, too. It runs through the crater Airy-0, which is named for British Astronomer Royal George Biddell Airy. And as it happens, he built the "transit circle" …Read more.
Thursday, November 19
One of the titans of animation was Isadore Freleng, nicknamed Friz for his frizzie hair. He had been part of the Kansas City clique of animators working for Disney before moving to Warner Brothers, where he was a key person behind such characters as …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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