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WEEK OF NOVEMBER 9
Monday, November 9
The Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago today, and soon, the rest of European communism crumbled along with it. And it likely all happened because a bureaucrat misread a poorly worded memo. Hearing that the border was open, East Germans …Read more.
Monday, November 9
Monday, November 9
The Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago today, and soon, the rest of European communism crumbled along with it. And it likely all happened because a bureaucrat misread a poorly worded memo. Hearing that the border was open, East Germans …Read more.
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.
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Trivia Bits, November 21You may be familiar with the term "runcible spoon" as a spoon-like utensil that has the tines of a fork (aka "spork"), or a spoon with a serrated edge for eating grapefruit or squash. But the term was coined by British poet Edward Lear for his "Owl and the Pussycat." The illustration Lear drew of it depicts a large ladle-like spoon with neither tines nor serration.
What was Life like 50 years ago? November 1958 cover subjects included the recently elected Pope John XXIII and actress Kim Novak, star of the bewitching film "Bell, Book and Candle." In the article "Everybody is Dishonest," lie-detector expert John Reid had this advice to make a lie convincing: "If you must lie, be bold. When Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" first came out in the 1930s, what was the best-selling dwarf doll? A) Dopey B) Sneezy C) Grumpy D) Doc Previous answer: Baseball star Jackie Robinson portrayed himself in the 1950 biopic "The Jackie Robinson Story." 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 Stan Newman at StanTrivia@aol.com or on a postcard to P.O. Box 69, Massapequa Park, NY 11762. COPYRIGHT 2008 STANLEY NEWMAN DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS SYNDICATE
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