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General History

Q&A What are the origins of the caesarean section?

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Medieval

Q&A Which king thought he was made of glass

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20th Century

Q&A What was the Emu War?

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Medieval

Q&A What was the Habsburg jaw?

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Georgian

Q&A Did George III read the American Declaration of Independence?

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20th Century

Q&A What was the Winter of Discontent?

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Tudor

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Georgian

Did the Earl of Sandwich invent the sandwich?

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Ancient Greece

Q&A Who wrote the first thesaurus?

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Medieval

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Georgian

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Victorian

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20th Century

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Elizabethan

Q&A Where is William Shakespeare buried – and is there a curse on his grave?

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Medieval

Q&A How old is the Auld Alliance between France and Scotland?

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