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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 Wednesday, June 10Flintstones with Robots: The Jetsons might be a cult classic TV family today, but their series was actually a flop when it originally ran. It lasted just one season, producing only 24 episodes during the 1962-63 TV season. But as it gained in popularity in syndication, another two years of shows were made in the mid-80s. Whereas the original focused on the wonders of rocketry, the newer episodes looked more at computers. Go Ahead, Make My Lunch: Introduced in Oklahoma in 1987, a "Make My Day" law reinforces your right to use armed force to defend your home against intruders. This is also called the castle doctrine, as in "your home is your castle." The opposing idea is that you have a "duty to retreat" from an attack.
What country is named after a Genoese explorer? A) Bermuda B) Bolivia C) Colombia D) Dominican Republic Previous answer: The westernmost national capital in the Western Hemisphere is actually Mexico City. 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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