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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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Wednesday, May 27Alchemy Achieved: In 1980, Glenn Seaborg succeeded where centuries of alchemists had failed, when he converted trillionths of a gram of element 82 to element 79. That means he turned lead to gold. Mind you, it took a ridiculous amount of energy. Seaborg is also notable as the only person to have an element officially named for him while he was still alive. (Some elements discovered during the Manhattan Project were not officially named until years later.) All Things Davos: Thomas Mann's novel "The Magic Mountain" takes place at a sanatorium in Davos, but you know it best for the World Economic Forum that takes place there. In the Russian novel "Crime and Punishment," the punishment is a trip to Siberia. But what is the crime? A) Arson B) Murder C) Sedition D) Treason Previous answer: Two actors were Oscar-nominated for playing Cyrano. 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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