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  2. Things you didn't know

Things you didn't know

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Ancient Egypt

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about ancient Egypt

Charles Cundall’s painting ‘The Withdrawal From Dunkirk, June 1940’
Second World War

9 things you (probably) didn’t know about Dunkirk

A French 15th-century covered market
Medieval

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Middle Ages

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Edward the Confessor
Anglo-Saxon

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Anglo-Saxons

Stained glass image of King Cnut
Viking

Your guide to King Cnut: the fierce Danish warrior who ruled England

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. (Photo by Getty Images)
20th Century

Yuri Gagarin: 8 things you (probably) didn’t know about the first man in space

Henry V. (© Lebrecht Music and Arts Photo Library / Alamy)
Medieval

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about Henry V and the battle of Agincourt

A line-up of girls ready to play football, somewhere in England during the First World War, c1917. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)
First World War

10 facts you (probably) didn’t know about the First World War

During his time in Oxford, Wilde fully embraced ‘aesthetic flair’: growing his hair long; dressing in flamboyant fashions and assuming exaggerated affectations. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
Victorian

7 facts you (probably) didn’t know about Oscar Wilde

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An illustration of the barons compelling King John to ratify Magna Carta, 1215. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)
Medieval

6 facts about Magna Carta

King John out hunting
Medieval

8 things you (probably) didn’t know about medieval elections

Four figures in a boat, including the ibis-headed god Thoth and the scarab-headed god Khepri
Ancient Egypt

8 ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses you might not know about

Portrait of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband and consort. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Victorian

8 fascinating facts about Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert

Soldiers standing on the western front during WW2
Second World War

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Second World War

The acclaimed English author Charles Dickens. (Photo by Apic/Getty Images)
Victorian

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about Charles Dickens and his family home

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