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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 Saturday, June 6A Brand Nude Day: Tomorrow is World Naturist Day, although it seems to be celebrated mostly in Britain. Naturism, or nudism, appears to have originated in Germany, as part of the fitness movement. A German immigrant, Kurt Barthel, founded the American League for Physical Culture in the United States, after organizing the first American nudist event in New York in 1929. The word "naturism," however, is meant to indicate harmony with the environment. Jessica Tandy: Tomorrow would be the 100th birthday of Jessica Tandy. The British-born actor was married to Canada's Hume Cronyn for 52 years, one of Hollywood's few successful celebrity marriages.
What chess piece shares its name with Corvus frugilegus, a member of the crow family found mostly in Europe? A) Bishop B) Pawn C) Queen D) Rook Previous answer: Death Valley is the largest national park in the lower 48. 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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