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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.
RELEASE: FEBRUARY 11, 2012
Charlie Chaplin was a great artist, but he was also consumed by a form of pedophilia called phebophilia, which is an overwhelming attraction for teenage girls. He married and divorced two underage girls. One of them, Lita Grey, he married because …Read more.
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Trivia Bits Friday, June 26Neptune Moves Slowly: Neptune was discovered in 1846, but it still hasn't finished a complete orbit around the sun since its discovery. That won't happen until 2011. Incidentally, because of Pluto's strange orbit, from Jan. 21, 1979, to Feb. 11, 1999, Neptune became the furthest planet from the sun. It has resumed that position, now that Pluto has been demoted to the kids' table of planets. Hitler, Artiste: As a teenager, Adolf Hitler tried, twice, to get into the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, only to be rejected each time. He was keen on bland landscapes and later clamped down on "degenerate" modern art.
What pair is said to have tumbled down a hilltop well in Kilmersdon, England? A) Bartles and James B) Bonnie and Clyde C) Jack and Jill D) Will and Grace Previous answer: Peter Falk played Columbo. 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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