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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 Wednesday, August 12SF Awards: Naturally enough, the Hugo Award is shaped like a rocket. That's what you might expect from a prize, awarded annually since 1955, at Worldcon by the World Science Fiction Society. A competing award, the Nebula, is a block with an embedded glitter spiral nebula. It was first awarded in 1965, and it is presented by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The first Nebula went to "Dune," which also won the Hugo. Indeed, it is quite common for a novel to win both. Who Writes This Stuff: You might think all SF writers are geeky white guys. Not true. But then again, SF fans have their own stereotypes.
What does the SVU stand for in "Law & Order: SVU"? A) Special Victims Unit B) Sports Vehicle Utility C) Standard Violence Union D) Super Villains United Previous answer: Asia's only great ape is the orangutan. 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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