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Why are whiskers on men’s jowls called ‘sideburns’? © Alamy
19th Century

Why are whiskers on men’s jowls called ‘sideburns’?

Five facts about… the assassination of Abraham Lincoln © Getty Images
19th Century

Five facts about… the assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Top five… hoaxes of all time (public domain)
General history

Top five… hoaxes of all time

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Did Abraham Lincoln’s beard win him the election? (public domain)
19th Century

Did Abraham Lincoln’s beard win him the election?

What was ‘pigging’? © Getty Images
19th Century

What was ‘pigging’?

Top 10 biggest blunders in history © Getty Images
General history

Top 10 biggest blunders in history

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19th Century

Why we say: ‘horse of a different colour’

Why we say: ‘put a sock in it’ © Getty Images
19th Century

Why we say: ‘put a sock in it’

In a nutshell: Debtors’ Prisons (public domain)
Victorians

In a nutshell: Debtors’ Prisons

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Who invented champagne? © Getty Images
Medieval

Who invented champagne?

Five facts about… the Victoria Cross
Victorians

Five facts about… the Victoria Cross

Five facts about… the Taj Mahal © iStock
Early Modern

Five facts about… the Taj Mahal

In a nutshell: the Irish Potato Famine © Getty Images
19th Century

In a nutshell: the Irish Potato Famine

How dangerous was the penny-farthing? © Getty Images
19th Century

How dangerous was the penny-farthing?

Five facts about… the Eiffel Tower © Wikimedia Commons
19th Century

Five facts about… the Eiffel Tower