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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 Saturday, June 13Flying the Flag: This is probably the Cousin Oliver of American holidays, not least of which because it isn't an official holiday. For a while, Flag Day was a state holiday in Pennsylvania, since local girl Betsy Ross was credited with inventing the flag. Except that she didn't. It was probably designed by Francis Hopkinson, who was New Jersey's delegate to the Second Continental Congress, which officially adopted the flag on June 14, 1777. Blasted Unicorns: For creatures that don't exist, they have a lot to answer for. We'll let the Freudians explain our fascination with animals with single long horns, but it should be no surprise that legends associated those horns with aphrodisiacs. John Tesh cameo'd as a holographic one on "Next Generation." John Larroquette had a bit part as one in "Star Trek III." What? A) Cylon B) Klingon C) Skrull D) Wookiee Previous answer: The Pixies, Frank Black's most famous band, was named after an elfin race. 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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