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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.
Wednesday, November 4
Thirty years ago today, militant Iranian students stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking 90 staff and U.S. Marines hostage. Several women and African Americans were released, as well as one very ill man. A number of Americans hid in the Canadian …Read more.
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Saturday, November 7William 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 produced jets for wealthy executives. He even had a bit part as a pilot in the 1967 film "In Like Flint." Plus, he named his daughter Shanda ... as in Chanda Lear. Get it? A Philippine one-peso coin from 1947 depicted Douglas MacArthur, calling him "Defender and Liberator." When FDR ordered MacArthur to vacate his Filipino HQ, the island fortress of Corregidor, MacArthur considered defying the order and becoming a private soldier in the Philippine resistance. In the end, he went to Melbourne but promised, "I shall return." The Australians put him in charge of their military, as well, since Japan was getting quite close to the continent. Which of these cities is not on Puget Sound in Washington? A) Olympia B) Seattle C) Spokane D) Tacoma Previous answer: Things are blown to smithereens ... 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. Paul Paquet has been writing trivia since the early 1990s, and has written roughly 100,000 questions. For more, visit triviahalloffame.com or e-mail him at paul@triviahalloffame.com. COPYRIGHT 2009 PAUL PAQUET DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM
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