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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 Monday, June 15Watch Out for Wendigos: Canada's Algonquian people once scared one another with stories of the wendigo. When humans ate human flesh, they would transform into this emaciated zombie-like monster, which would stalk the forests. Oddly, some Algonquians developed what was known as wendigo psychosis, which was a fascination with cannibalism, although this problem seems to have declined along with their traditional lifestyle. Evil Birds: In ancient Rome, a strix was a vampiric crow. The legend survived into the Middle Ages. It appears that the strix was influenced by spooky encounters with owls. If you're dating a real-life harpy, she's just half-woman. What's the other half? A) A bird B) A lion C) A monkey D) A snake Previous answer: John Larroquette and John Tesh both had small roles as Klingons on various Star Trek franchises. 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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