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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 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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