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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 19High School Reunions: I've always been fascinated by famous people who attended high school together. If you know of any, send them in. A good example is the pairing of Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn. They not only sang together in a Brooklyn high school choir, but they later had a No. 1 duet called "You Don't Bring Me Flowers." Hey, Over Here: Talk about missing out on the glory. Harry Steinfeldt is the forgotten third baseman in one of baseball most famous infields: the Tinker-Evers-Chance combo that became so well known for its deadly double plays that it literally inspired poetry. This would be Franklin Pierce Adams' verse in "Baseball's Sad Lexicon" from 1910. In his message to the Roman senate, who described his recent victory over Pharnaces II of Pontus in the Battle of Zela as "veni, vidi, vici"? A) Caesar Augustus B) Claudius C) Julius Caesar D) Nero Previous answer: Felines have 30 teeth (including canines). 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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