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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 Thursday, June 11Hard-to-Spell Hawaiian Icons: Today is Kamehameha Day in Hawaii. It honors the Napoleon of the Pacific, Kamehameha the Great, who established the unified Kingdom of Hawaii in the 1790s, mostly by conquering the other islands with a little British help. (That's why the Union Jack is on the Hawaiian flag.) The day is celebrated with hula contests, a floral parade that starts at Iolani Palace, and the draping of Kamehameha's statue with lei. Crapo's Chevrolets: William C. Durant is said to have developed the Chevrolet's bow-tie logo by copying it from the wallpaper in a Paris Hotel. The C., by the way, was short for Crapo. The unfortunate name was actually his grandfather's surname. Bengal tigers are protected in Corbett National Park, ironically named for a tiger hunter, which is the oldest national park in what country? A) Australia B) Brazil C) India D) Kenya Previous answer: Colombia is named for Christopher Columbus from Genoa. 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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