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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 4Mussolini's Trains: Whatever you say about fascists like Benito Mussolini, at least they can make the trains run on time, right? Well, no. The only train he ever made run on time was the one that took him from Milan to Rome when he became prime minister. Now, to be fair, the trains did get better, but that's because they were in terrible shape. Most of the actual improvement happened before Mussolini took power.
AOL: Remember AOL? When a Pizza Hut exec named Steve Case took over Quantum Computer Services, one of its key products was AppleLink, which you could use to connect your Mac to that newfangled Internet thing.
The European Food Safety Authority ended up in which city, for which a safe Italian cheese is named? A) Brie B) Feta C) Gouda D) Parma
Previous answer: Balboa Hill, where one can simultaneously see the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, is in Panama.
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