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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 9Single Ladies (Sleep Naked on It): Curious what your future husband will look like? No problem. In "The Eve of St. Agnes," John Keats lays out what you need to do, in full poetic detail. On Jan. 20, the night before Agnes' feast day, skip supper, and sleep in the nude with your hands under your pillow, looking upward. Your one true love will appear and kiss you. Keats originally went all out on the obvious eroticism here, but his publisher got him to tone it down. Crocodile Dentistry: The Egyptian plover has to be the world's bravest bird. When it sees a crocodile sloppily eating its food, it hops into the reptile's mouth and picks bits of food out from its teeth. What is the westernmost national capital in the Western Hemisphere? A) Bogota B) Mexico City C) Ottawa D) Washington Previous answer: Rodin was the thinker who got the kiss off from Paris' School of Fine Arts. 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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