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LESLIE'S TRIVIA BITS - WEEKLY Jun. 03, 2018
Oskar Speck paddled a kayak away from Hamburg, Germany, in May 1932. He was bound for Cyprus, with p... Read More
LESLIE'S TRIVIA BITS - WEEKLY May. 06, 2018
Mattel's Hot Wheels cars debuted in 1968 with 16 models, including sporty versions of real-life cars... Read More
LESLIE'S TRIVIA BITS - DAILY Apr. 02, 2018
Franz Joseph Haydn was a prolific composer and musical prankster. If you know just one of his more t... Read More
LESLIE'S TRIVIA BITS -- WEEKLY Apr. 01, 2018
Franz Joseph Haydn was a prolific composer and musical prankster. If you know just one of his more t... Read More
Cosmic Cause and Effect Mar. 25, 2018
Those with a vast collection of experiences are better at drawing accurate lines between cause and e... Read More
New Moon in Pisces Mar. 11, 2018
"Dimidium facti qui coepit habet," said Horace circa 20 B.C. "He who has begun is half done." Yes, t... Read More
Jupiter Retrograde Mar. 04, 2018
Greed. It's a hard thing to watch in others, and a hard thing to spot in oneself, as most greed stem... Read More
LESLIE'S TRIVIA BITS - WEEKLY Mar. 04, 2018
The first female host of the Academy Awards ceremony was Agnes Moorehead, who co-hosted with Dick Po... Read More
Venus and Mars in Strife Feb. 25, 2018
True bravery doesn't want a trumpet. Why? Because it's embarrassing to be fussed over when you're ju... Read More
Solar Sojourn Through Pisces Feb. 18, 2018
Since luck is fickle, ungovernable and by its very definition outside of our control, we can never t... Read More
Happy Year of the Dog Feb. 11, 2018
It's a common experience: You arrive in a new room only to realize you've forgotten why you entered.... Read More
LESLIE'S TRIVIA BITS - WEEKLY Feb. 04, 2018
Opened in the year 705, Koshu Nishiyama Keiunkan is the world's oldest hotel still in existence. Tha... Read More
Trump Should Do the State of the Union Every Week Feb. 01, 2018
This year's State of the Union address was in line with past ones: a tedious and bloated exercise in... Read More
Planetary Power Trio Rules the Week Jan. 07, 2018
The sun, Venus and Pluto are in it together this week, a planetary power trio that's as tight as Cre... Read More
Supermoon Celebrates the New Year Dec. 31, 2017
The first of the year wasn't always in January. Much of recorded history followed a lunisolar calend... Read More
LESLIE'S TRIVIA BITS - WEEKLY Dec. 31, 2017
The highest order of chivalry in Denmark is the Order of the Elephant, typically given to royals or ... Read More
Venus and the Holidays Dec. 24, 2017
Venus makes a change on Christmas Eve, joining the holiday party in Capricorn. She's a bit formal in... Read More
TRIVIA BITS - WEEKLY Dec. 03, 2017
Update on an earlier column: The highest individual military award for valor against an enemy force ... Read More
Trivia Bits - Weekly Jun. 04, 2017
When President George W. Bush established the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in Hawaii i... Read More
Trivia Bits - Weekly Jan. 02, 2017
The word gas comes from the Greek word chaos, meaning disorder. Around 1630, Flemish scientist Jean ... Read More
