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Hitler meets members of the Reich Labour Service. (Photo by AKG)

Second World War

Q&A: Are any laws made by the Nazi regime still in use?

A Pompeii mural depicting a slave, in the Naples Museum. (Photo by Sites & Photos/Capture Ltd/ Alamy Stock Photo)

In Ancient Rome, what was the law of the twelve tables?

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Q&A: When were the first film trailers shown?

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Did the Scottish mass-murdering cannibal Sawney Bean actually exist?

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Second World War

Q&A: What was written on Neville Chamberlain’s piece of paper?

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Q&A: When and why was the medieval law of outlawry eventually repealed?

A typewriter. (Photo by Dreamstime)

Q&A: Who invented the ‘QWERTY’ typewriter layout?

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Who were ‘Stella’ and ‘Fanny’?

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Q&A: Could Roman slaves buy their own freedom?

Pevensey Castle, England. First fortified by the Romans, William the Conqueror famously landed his army there in 1066 and a Norman castle was developed during the century after the Norman Conquest. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

The Library Q&A: How did the Normans learn to build castles?

Pyramids at Giza. (DEA/A Vergani/De Agostini/Getty Images)

Ancient Egyptian family trees: are present-day Egyptians the descendants of the ancient Egyptians who built the pyramids?

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How could the son of Henry VIII become Edward VI?

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What religion was practised by the people of Lithuania before their conversion to Christianity in the 14th century?

19 November 1620, the Pilgrim Fathers arriving on the Mayflower and landing in New England, where they founded the Plymouth Colony. Original artwork: painting by Charles Lucy. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

It is claimed that the Pilgrim Fathers set sail from Plymouth but I’ve also heard that they started in Boston, Lincolnshire. Which is correct?