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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 Saturday, June 27Brazilian Potpourri: Today is Mixed Race Day in Brazil, in honor of the day in 2004 when 27 mestico ("mixed race") representatives were elected to a conference on racial equality. Brazil has always been much more casual about what was once known as "miscegenation," and today about 40 percent of Brazilians are multiracial, typically some mixture of Indian, white and black. Bad Speeches Can Kill: William Henry Harrison's inauguration speech was a record 8,445 words, or a little more than 263 words per day he spent in office. That's because he also holds the record for having the shortest term; he lasted just 31 days in the White House. Invented at Hollywood's Don the Beachcomber restaurant, what cocktail of fruit juices, liqueurs and various rums is so strong it might well bring the dead back to life? A) Golem B) Vampire C) Werewolf D) Zombie Previous answer: Jack and Jill fell down a hill at Kilmersdon. 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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