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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 24900 Seconds of Posthumous Fame: In a 15-minute ceremony in 1998, Andy Warhol's Manhattan townhouse was designated as a cultural landmark by the Historic Landmark Preservation Center. Built in 1910, the five-story brick townhouse is on East 66th Street. Warhol owned it from 1974 until his death in 1987. He paid for it in cash. By the way, the ceremony was exactly 15 minutes long. Exactly. Get it? The "Real" Evangeline: When Longfellow wrote his poem about a couple in love, separated when the British ordered them out of Canada and deported them to Louisiana, he captured the American imagination. The local boosters in St. What was Don Vito Corleone's relationship to Johnny Fontane? A) He was Fontane's godfather B) He was Fontane's real dad C) He was Fontane's uncle D) He was Fontane's gay lover Previous answer: The Holy See is the Vatican. 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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