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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&AWhen did women start wearing trousers?
Q&AWhat is a Molotov cocktail?
Q&AWhere does the word ‘gossip’ come from – and what has it got to do with childbirth?
Q&AWho was the Lindbergh baby?
Q&AWhat does Iron Curtain mean, and who popularised the term?
Q&AWhy does the Welsh flag feature a red dragon?
Q&AWhy is the leek associated with Wales?
Q&AWho was the Grand Old Duke of York?
Q&AWhat was floriography?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Q&ADid Charles Darwin coin the phrase 'survival of the fittest'?
Q&ADid pirates really live on the island of Tortuga?
Q&ADid most English pirates really talk with a West Country accent?
Q&ADid all pirates fly the Jolly Roger?
Q&AWas walking the plank a real pirate punishment?
Q&AX marks the spot: did pirates bury their treasure?
Q&AWho do we say 'shot across the bows'?
Q&AWhen were punctuation marks first used?
Q&APeace for our time: what was written on Neville Chamberlain's piece of paper?
Q&AWho was the Piltdown Man?
Q&AWhat was the Gordian Knot?
Q&ADoes Richard Rich deserve his bad reputation?
Q&AWhy do some people call the Irish famine ‘the Great Hunger’?
Q&AWhy is the shopping day after Thanksgiving called ‘Black Friday’?
Q&AWhat and when is the National Day of Mourning in the United States?
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