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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 Thursday, June 4Junk on eBay: The first item ever sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer, which sold for $14.83. Astonished, Pierre Omidyar wanted to make sure the winning bidder knew the pointer was broken, and was in turn told, "I'm a collector of broken laser pointers." It is not true, though, that the site was founded to sell the Pez collection of Omidyar's fiancee. That's just PR fluff. Alike in Their Happy Endings: In 1927, MGM filmed a version of Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina." But what's with that title? Instead, they called it "Love" and billed it as "Greta Garbo and John Gilbert are in Love." Oh, and Tolstoy's ending? What a downer.
Which of these is not a brownie? A) A box camera introduced by Kodak in 1900 B) A chocolate treat C) A hockey term for a 5-minute penalty D) A Scottish elf who does your chores Previous answer: Although there were bands called America and Europe, the supergroup featuring Howe and Palmer was Asia. 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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