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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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Monday, May 11Ghosts of Hollywood Past: Three Hollywood titans — Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. — made their last silver screen appearance in the same movie, 1981's "Ghost Story," in which they play members of the Chowder Society, who swap ghost stories, only to end up tangling with an actual ghost. The movie was based on a novel of that name, which turned writer Peter Straub into a bookstore superstar. Drinking Canada Dry: As the name suggests, Canada Dry was invented in Canada, by Ontario pharmacist John McLaughlin, whose brother founded what is now General Motors Canada. What hot pepper was named after the capital of the Mexican state of Veracruz? A) Empanada B) Jalapeno C) Lomo D) Tequila Previous answer: George Eliot wrote about Silas Marner and Adam Bede. 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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