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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&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?
Q&AWhat is gaol fever and how was it caused and spread?
Q&AHow were fireworks made in ancient China?
How did pasta come to Europe and when did it first become established in Italy?
Q&AWhat was clog fighting?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Q&ACould Roman slaves buy their own freedom?
Q&AWhat was the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary?
Q&AWhat was the ‘Ball of the Burning Men’?
Q&AWas there a real Blackadder?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Q&AWhen were passports as we know them today first introduced?
Who was ancient Egypt’s most successful pharaoh?
Q&AWhy do we say ‘Achilles Heel’?
Q&AWas the Statue of Liberty designed specifically for the United States?
Q&AWhen and where were the first Paralympics held?
Q&AWhat was Greek fire?
Q&AWho won the first Olympic medal? And what was the prize before that?
Q&AWho wrote the French national anthem?
What is the Blarney Stone, where did it come from and why do people kiss it?
Q&AWhat are the origins of the word ‘shoddy’?
Q&AWho was the first person to call themselves a ‘drag queen’?
Q&AWhat’s the oldest photo of a US president?
Q&AHave the Olympic Games ever been cancelled?
Q&AWhy do we say ‘red herring’?
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