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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. WEEK OF NOVEMBER 23 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 9

Single Ladies (Sleep Naked on It): Curious what your future husband will look like? No problem. In "The Eve of St. Agnes," John Keats lays out what you need to do, in full poetic detail. On Jan. 20, the night before Agnes' feast day, skip supper, and sleep in the nude with your hands under your pillow, looking upward. Your one true love will appear and kiss you. Keats originally went all out on the obvious eroticism here, but his publisher got him to tone it down.

Crocodile Dentistry: The Egyptian plover has to be the world's bravest bird. When it sees a crocodile sloppily eating its food, it hops into the reptile's mouth and picks bits of food out from its teeth.

The crocodile, which generally has a very poor dental plan, opts not to eat the bird. That's the story, anyway. Ornithologists have yet to confirm it. Symbiotic relationships are not unusual, though: The clownfish and the sea anemone protect each other from prey.

What is the westernmost national capital in the Western Hemisphere?

A) Bogota

B) Mexico City

C) Ottawa

D) Washington

Previous answer: Rodin was the thinker who got the kiss off from Paris' School of Fine Arts.

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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