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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 Wednesday, June 10Flintstones with Robots: The Jetsons might be a cult classic TV family today, but their series was actually a flop when it originally ran. It lasted just one season, producing only 24 episodes during the 1962-63 TV season. But as it gained in popularity in syndication, another two years of shows were made in the mid-80s. Whereas the original focused on the wonders of rocketry, the newer episodes looked more at computers. Go Ahead, Make My Lunch: Introduced in Oklahoma in 1987, a "Make My Day" law reinforces your right to use armed force to defend your home against intruders. This is also called the castle doctrine, as in "your home is your castle." The opposing idea is that you have a "duty to retreat" from an attack. What country is named after a Genoese explorer? A) Bermuda B) Bolivia C) Colombia D) Dominican Republic Previous answer: The westernmost national capital in the Western Hemisphere is actually Mexico City. 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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