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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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Tuesday, November 10
Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street? We've been asking that question for 40 years now, as of today. The show was expressly designed to use television as an educational medium, with segments timed based on children's attention spans. The show was also designed so that parents would watch with their children, which is why so many celebrities are asked to appear. Even so, early critics fretted that "Sesame Street" was a secret plot to teach kids to watch TV. Had Sweden's Gunder Hagg been just a tiny bit faster, he'd have been as famous as ... well ... Roger Bannister. It was Hagg's record, for running the mile in 4 minutes, 1.4 seconds, that Bannister broke on May 6, 1954. Hagg set his record in 1945 and might well have shattered the four-minute mile as well, but he was deemed to be a professional in 1946 and kicked out of the amateur circuit. Before the euro, Malta's currency had the same name as that of the European country closest to Malta. A) Drachma B) Franc C) Lira D) Peso Previous answer: Ted Binion was killed in Las Vegas. 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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