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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 Friday, June 5Tiananmen Square: Today is the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, in which several thousand people were murdered as the Chinese military cleared pro-democracy protesters from a square whose name means Gate of Heavenly Peace. The most famous protester is unknown: Tank Man stood in front of a row of tanks and for a moment blocked them from entering the square, until he was removed by government agents. Antichrist Trivia: Tomorrow is June 6, or 6/6. Three years ago, in 2006, June 6 would have been 6-6-06, or 666, the number of the beast. Naturally, that was the date that the new version of the movie "The Omen" was released, since it is about the Antichrist as a child. What is the largest national park in the lower 48? A) Badlands National Park B) Death Valley National Park C) Yellowstone National Park D) Yosemite National Park Previous answer: A brownie is a lot of things, but it is not a hockey penalty. 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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