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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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Friday, June 19Vel-come, Ha, Ha, Ha: Romania welcomes tourists to Dracula's Castle. Well, it's actually called Bran Castle and strictly speaking, the "real" Dracula, Vlad Tepes, never actually lived there, although some say he was locked in the dungeon for two days once. That being said, it was a royal castle in the 1920s. After communism, a New York architect from the Habsburg family reclaimed the castle and nearly sold it, but changed his mind when Romania tried to renationalize it. Happy Juneteenth: On this date in 1865, Union General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston to bring Texas back into the United States. As the story goes, he stood in a balcony of Ashton Villa and read the order enforcing the emancipation of its slaves. What Chevrolet was named for Aepyceros melampus, an animal better known by its Zulu name? A) Cheetah B) Falcon C) Impala D) Viper Previous answer: The Rodent of Unusual Size was in "The Princess Bride." 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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