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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 Tuesday, June 16What Goes Around Comes Around (Star Trek Edition): When Nichelle Nichols wanted to quit "Star Trek," Martin Luther King encouraged her to stay on as a role model for young black girls. And indeed, Mae Jemison grew up with Uhura before going into space herself. She returned the favor by appearing as Ensign Palmer in the episode "Second Chances" of "Star Trek: The Next Generation." It's Bloomsday: Dedicated James Joyce fans know that this is the date on which the events of "Ulysses" take place. In Dublin today, fans will follow the route the book lays out, as Leopold Bloom goes on his date, locating those landmarks still around. What name was shared by a member of Archie Bunker's lodge and by a sitcom starring Kevin James? A) The Freemason Conspiracy B) The King of Queens C) The Royal Water Buffalos D) The Scimitar Previous answer: A harpy is half-bird, half-woman. 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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