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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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Trivia Bits Monday, June 15Watch Out for Wendigos: Canada's Algonquian people once scared one another with stories of the wendigo. When humans ate human flesh, they would transform into this emaciated zombie-like monster, which would stalk the forests. Oddly, some Algonquians developed what was known as wendigo psychosis, which was a fascination with cannibalism, although this problem seems to have declined along with their traditional lifestyle. Evil Birds: In ancient Rome, a strix was a vampiric crow. The legend survived into the Middle Ages. It appears that the strix was influenced by spooky encounters with owls. If you're dating a real-life harpy, she's just half-woman. What's the other half? A) A bird B) A lion C) A monkey D) A snake Previous answer: John Larroquette and John Tesh both had small roles as Klingons on various Star Trek franchises. 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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