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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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Trivia Bits Thursday, June 11Hard-to-Spell Hawaiian Icons: Today is Kamehameha Day in Hawaii. It honors the Napoleon of the Pacific, Kamehameha the Great, who established the unified Kingdom of Hawaii in the 1790s, mostly by conquering the other islands with a little British help. (That's why the Union Jack is on the Hawaiian flag.) The day is celebrated with hula contests, a floral parade that starts at Iolani Palace, and the draping of Kamehameha's statue with lei. Crapo's Chevrolets: William C. Durant is said to have developed the Chevrolet's bow-tie logo by copying it from the wallpaper in a Paris Hotel. The C., by the way, was short for Crapo. The unfortunate name was actually his grandfather's surname. Bengal tigers are protected in Corbett National Park, ironically named for a tiger hunter, which is the oldest national park in what country? A) Australia B) Brazil C) India D) Kenya Previous answer: Colombia is named for Christopher Columbus from Genoa. 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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