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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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Wednesday, January 20In a hurry to get home to his new bride, Alexander III accidentally rode off a cliff in 1286, leaving Scotland kingless for six years. In the years before, he had lost his first wife and all three of his kids, raising some serious succession issues. He was so keen to see his new bride that he rode off in the dark and was found the next morning. Alexander's granddaughter Margaret became the heir, but died before being crowned. If there were an Oscar for movie posters, John Alvin would have had them by the armload. His first poster was for the Mel Brooks movie "Blazing Saddles," and he also worked with Brooks on his later films. Some of his later posters were as iconic as the movies they promoted, notably his work for "ET: The Extra-Terrestrial," "Blade Runner," "Cocoon," "The Princess Bride" and "The Lion King." What team plays in Miller Park and is in fact named for somebody who might work for Miller? A) Milwaukee Brewers B) Seattle Mariners C) St.
D) Texas Rangers Previous answer: The Small Wonder was a robot. 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. Paul Paquet has been writing trivia since the early 1990s, and has written roughly 100,000 questions. For more, visit triviahalloffame.com or e-mail him at paul@triviahalloffame.com. COPYRIGHT 2010 PAUL PAQUET DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM
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