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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, October 6
Happy German American Day! This is the anniversary of the day in 1683 when 13 German families from Krefeld near the Rhine landed in Philadelphia. They quickly founded Germantown, Pa., the first German settlement in what is now the United States. Although German Americans have traditionally been among the most numerous of America's ethnic groups, the holiday died out around World War I (imagine that) but was revived in 1983. Arctic Circle, a Utah-based fast-food chain, claims to have invented fry sauce, which is one part ketchup and two parts mayonnaise. You can make it spicier by using barbeque sauce instead of ketchup, and some recipes end up tasting like Russian or thousand island salad dressing. Bajan pepper sauce is extremely hot. Try it on some flying fish, but you may want to wash it down with some Mount Gay rum. Where are you? A) Bahamas B) Barbados C) Barbuda D) Bermuda Previous answer: Somebody from the United Arab Emirates is an Emirati. 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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