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Saturday, November 7
William Lear had quite a career, despite having dropped out after eighth grade. He sold the patent for the car radio to Galvin, which is now Motorola. He invented the 8-track tape cassette that became a '70s fad. And he founded a company that …Read more.
Friday, November 6
Built out of solid rock in the 1960s, Temppeliaukio Church is found largely underground in Helsinki. Architects Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen designed the church to burrow into solid rock, using designs that predated World War II. The back wall of the …Read more.
Thursday, November 5
Tonight is Guy Fawkes Night in Britain, which celebrates the thwarting of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot in 1605. Fawkes and a group of Catholics wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. (At the time, Catholics were severely repressed in …Read more.
Thursday, November 5
Tonight is Guy Fawkes Night in Britain, which celebrates the thwarting of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot in 1605. Fawkes and a group of Catholics wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. (At the time, Catholics were severely repressed in …Read more.
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Monday, May 25Towel Day: When Douglas Adams died on May 11, 2001, an Internet forum proposed that, two weeks later, fans celebrate the author of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" with the first Towel Day. As Adams explains in the first volume of the series, "A towel ... is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have." You mainly celebrate by carrying around a towel all day and explaining, over and over again, why you are doing so. The Anti-Edison: In Greek myth, Daedalus had really bad luck with his inventions. First, he invented the labyrinth as a way to contain the Minotaur. Then the king was so worried about the Minotaur getting loose that he locked up Daedalus and his son, Icarus, so they wouldn't map it for anybody. On July 9, 1976, what nice great-great-great-great granddaughter of the perfidious George III became an honorary citizen of New York? A) Agatha Christie B) Queen Elizabeth II C) Marianne Faithfull D) Margaret Thatcher Previous answer: "Macbeth" is famous for its witches. 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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