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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 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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