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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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Saturday, May 16Like Lemmings: The lemming gets its name from the Norwegian word for "destroying," because of its voracious migrations. But the one thing you think you know about lemmings is not true. Overpopulation does not cause them to fling themselves, en masse, from cliffs. The myth of suicidal lemmings owes a lot to a 1958 Disney documentary "White Wilderness," in which a lemming migration (and mass suicide) was faked in Alberta, which is distinctly non-lemming territory. Bigger Than You Think: Now the seat of Santa Clara County, the "capital of Silicon Valley" was also the first capital of California. We're talking about San Jose, of course. It's now the third-largest city in California and the 10th largest in the United States, thanks to explosive suburban and exurban growth around San Francisco starting in the 1960s. Catherine Bell from "JAG," Adrian Pasdar from "Heroes" and Sarah Shahi from "The L Word" are all of what nationality, but only on one side of their families? A) Brazilian B) Persian C) Romanian D) Thai Previous answer: The Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years' War, which began in 1618. 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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