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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 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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