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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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Wednesday, May 27

Alchemy Achieved: In 1980, Glenn Seaborg succeeded where centuries of alchemists had failed, when he converted trillionths of a gram of element 82 to element 79. That means he turned lead to gold. Mind you, it took a ridiculous amount of energy. Seaborg is also notable as the only person to have an element officially named for him while he was still alive. (Some elements discovered during the Manhattan Project were not officially named until years later.)

All Things Davos: Thomas Mann's novel "The Magic Mountain" takes place at a sanatorium in Davos, but you know it best for the World Economic Forum that takes place there.

Hockey fans might also know it as the host city of the Spengler Cup, an international tournament that takes place between Christmas and New Year's. Future Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson was on the team that won the first cup.

In the Russian novel "Crime and Punishment," the punishment is a trip to Siberia. But what is the crime?

A) Arson

B) Murder

C) Sedition

D) Treason

Previous answer: Two actors were Oscar-nominated for playing Cyrano.

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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