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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 2Memories of Cake: The madeleine is best known for its guest role in Marcel Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past." A madeleine is a shell-shaped cake that is reputedly named for a 19th-century French cook named Madeleine Paumier. Proust's narrator dunks one in some tea that triggers seven long, long volumes that hardly anyone has enough lifetime left to read. Incidentally, Proust's original title is better translated as "In Search of Lost Time." Strutting Like a Peacock: Recent research suggests that peahens don't in fact pick peacocks based on the beauty and size of their tail feathers. They are turned on more by their vocal calls. The spots on the plumage are "eyes," as the Greeks said that Hera relocated the hundred eyes of Argus onto the bird after Argus died. On the 1976 album "Hotel California," Joe Walsh was the "new kid in town" who replaced Bernie Leadon in what band? A) Aerosmith B) The Eagles C) Pink Floyd D) Van Halen Previous answer: KFC's slogan was translated into Chinese as "eat your fingers off." 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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