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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, May 15But You Probably Do Need an Editor: The next time soulless bureaucrats and bosses bowdlerize your works of genius, think of Thomas Bowdler, the physician who did an even worse hatchet job on Shakespeare. Concerned that the bard was warping the morals of youth, he produced an 1818 "Family Shakespeare" in which he promised, "those words and expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family." The Dude Abides: According to the Bartenders Association of America, sales of White Russians quadrupled after it appeared as the Dude's favorite drink in "The Big Lebowski." A White Russian is made from vodka, coffee liqueur and either milk or cream, served in an old-fashioned glass with ice. Signed in 1648, the Peace of Westphalia ended a war that began in what year? A) 1548 B) 1618 C) 1638 D) 1641 Previous answer: Becky Sharp is in "Vanity Fair." 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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