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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 Tuesday, June 16What Goes Around Comes Around (Star Trek Edition): When Nichelle Nichols wanted to quit "Star Trek," Martin Luther King encouraged her to stay on as a role model for young black girls. And indeed, Mae Jemison grew up with Uhura before going into space herself. She returned the favor by appearing as Ensign Palmer in the episode "Second Chances" of "Star Trek: The Next Generation." It's Bloomsday: Dedicated James Joyce fans know that this is the date on which the events of "Ulysses" take place. In Dublin today, fans will follow the route the book lays out, as Leopold Bloom goes on his date, locating those landmarks still around. What name was shared by a member of Archie Bunker's lodge and by a sitcom starring Kevin James? A) The Freemason Conspiracy B) The King of Queens C) The Royal Water Buffalos D) The Scimitar Previous answer: A harpy is half-bird, half-woman. 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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