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Saturday, March 20
One of the more peculiar, but lesser known, incidents in the Apollo mission occurred when an astronaut gave himself communion on the moon. Buzz Aldrin used a kit prepared by his pastor back home. The incident occurred during radio silence, to avoid …Read more.
Friday, March 19
To fight prostate cancer, the AdMeTech Foundation introduced Prosty the Spokesgland, whose theme song was sung to the tune of "Frosty the Snowman." The rousing chorus was, "Look at Prosty grow/Lumpety lump lump/Lumpety lump lump/No …Read more.
Thursday, March 18
ASCAP doesn't mess around. It will sue your butt off if you violate the copyright of its members. In 1995, ASCAP announced that unless it got fees of up $1,400 from each site, it would take legal action resulting in six-figure fines or a year in …Read more.
Wednesday, March 17
If you grew up in the 1980s, you may remember those GI Joe public service announcements. Eric Fensler parodied those PSAs on his website, adding non sequiturs. Hasbro was not amused. It sent in lawyers. But there were plans to slip the exclamation …Read more.
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Trivia Bits for October 24
You often hear about people banging on the door to join the European Union. The former Warsaw Pact countries have scrabbled to join, and Turkey is in the middle of somewhat acrimonious talks to join the club. But one country has left the EU. In 1985, Greenland gave up its membership card in a dispute over fishing rights, which is rather remarkable, since Greenland is essentially part of Denmark, which remains a member. Paul Giamatti is an acclaimed actor. But his father was famous, as well. He was Bart Giamatti, the baseball commissioner. The elder Giamatti had been president of Yale, where he was known for being tough with the union. This impressed the baseball honchos, but Bart Giammati died of a heart attack just six months into his term, and only eight days after banishing Pete Rose from baseball. What was not only Henry Fonda's last movie, but the only one in which he appeared with his daughter Jane? A) The China Syndrome B) Easy Rider C) On Golden Pond D) Terms of Endearment Previous answer: Episode No. 100 of "Frasier" was filmed in Seattle. 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 2009 PAUL PAQUET DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM
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