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How did Spanish Flu get its name? When did our ancestors start using toilet paper? Why did the famous Crystal Palace burn down? And where was the WW1 Armistice signed? Here, your most burning questions about history are answered by historians and experts…
Q&AHow did a crow help Rome defeat Carthage?
Q&ADid people smoke anything before tobacco was discovered?
Q&AWho made the first booze?
Q&AHas there ever been a women-only army?
Q&AWhy don't actors refer to the Shakespeare play Macbeth by name?
What did people wear in Ancient Egypt?
What did people in the Tudor period eat?
Q&AWhy are whiskers on men's jowls called 'sideburns'?
Q&ADid the Thames used to freeze over?
Q&ADid the druids have anything to do with Stonehenge?
Q&AWhat was 'pigging'?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Q&AWho was the first archaeologist?
Why do we say 'horse of a different colour'?
Q&AWhy do we have the letters 'FD' on our coins?
How did WW1 end?
Mistresses through history: the term wasn’t always about secret sex
Q&AWhy was the Black Prince called ‘Black’?
What clothes did people wear in the Tudor period?
Q&ADid Henry VIII have any illegitimate male offspring?
Q&AWhy are there 24 hours in a day?
Q&AWho invented champagne?
Q&AWhy do we say ‘turn a blind eye’?
Why did Hippocrates eat earwax?
What did people eat in Ancient Rome?
Q&AHow many executions was Henry VIII responsible for?
Q&AWho first attempted to regulate medicine?
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