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The leaning tower of Pisa

Q&A Why does the Tower of Pisa lean to one side?

A sculpture dedicated to King Leonidas of the Spartans in Thermopylae, Greece. (Photo by iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Q&A Were there really only 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae?

A portrait of Sir Walter Ralegh

Q&A Did Sir Walter Ralegh really lay down his cloak for Elizabeth I?

1935: Two men making a fireworks set piece with the slogan 'God Save The King' for despatch abroad, for the Silver Jubilee celebrations of King George V. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Q&A How old is the British national anthem?

Greek pottery featuring swastikas

Second World War

Q&A How did a Sanskrit symbol become the Nazi swastika?

US infantrymen in snowdrifts

Second World War

Q&A Why is Hitler’s Ardennes campaign called the battle of the Bulge?

Medieval trepanning

General prehistory

Q&A What is trepanning?

The Venus de Milo sculpture

Q&A When was the Venus de Milo found?

Sir Walter Raleigh bids goodbye to his wife, Elizabeth Throckmorton

Q&A Why was Sir Walter Ralegh executed?

Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle

Q&A Who wrote the French national anthem?

Da Vinci's Mona Lisa portrait

Q&A Who was the Mona Lisa?

Welsh flag, featuring a dragon. The red dragon of Wales dates back to Roman times. (Photo by Getty Images)

Q&A Why does the Welsh flag feature a red dragon?

A depiction of the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh (10 September 1547), the last formal battle between England and Scotland. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

Q&A When was the last battle between England and Scotland?

Wrestlers in ancient Greece

Q&A How did ancient athletes prepare for the Olympics?

A cartoon showing a man in a suit of armour on the moon

Q&A Did NASA really pick the brains of the Tower of London armoury when designing the first space suits?