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Weird and wonderful history

A brief history of tattoos. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Germany through the centuries and Hitler’s cocaine habit. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

10 strange historical facts about Finland. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The history of Sherlock Holmes - in pictures

The rise of Homo sapiens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

Amazing history pictures: Hitler in disguise

BBC History Magazine

Old news: A tiger braves the mean streets of east London

Secret lives of ancient Egyptians revealed by CT scans of mummies

Q&AHas anyone ever died of laughter?

Hitler’s jazz band: how the Nazis used swing as propaganda. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

17th-century 'Great British Bake Off' recipes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

Top five hauntings in history

The bloody world of Georgian female boxing. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

10 astronomers you’ve (probably) never heard of

“Mooke, fylthe and other vyle things”: Tudor dirt and dung. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

7 Victorian jokes have been given a modern twist - and they're hilarious

Q&AWhy do we say ‘Paint the town red’?

The decline of the pub: what can we learn from history?

Revealed: the secrets of the Tudor cross-dressers

The hunt for the Tudor hitman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How to succeed in Ancient Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Victorian burials and the history of psychology. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Top 10 strange history stories

20th Century videoD-Day landings and the original singing dog: top 10 British Pathé videos

Ancient Egypt galleryLooking inside ancient Egyptian mummies

Historical sex objects to feature in classrooms

History’s most surprising statistics. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Revealed: how the Georgians taught us to diet 300 years ago

History explorerExtravagance in Roman Britain: a visit to Fishbourne Roman Palace. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Deadly beasts of Tudor England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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