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Why is the Tower of Pisa leaning?
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How many people did the Aztecs sacrifice?
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Why are barristers ‘called to the bar’?
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Did castle defenders really pour boiling oil down on attackers?
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Why are there three lions on the shirts of the English football team?
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When was the last battle between England and Scotland?
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When did we start calling it the medieval era?
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Where does the word ‘honeymoon’ come from?
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Eleanor of Aquitaine, king-maker and king-breaker
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Why is the leek associated with Wales?
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The Burning of Jews during the Black Death
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Did pirates really live on the island of Tortuga?
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