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    When were the terms ‘World War I’ and ‘World War II’ coined? © Getty Images
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    When were the terms ‘World War I’ and ‘World War II’ coined?

    Did people take drugs in Tudor times? © Getty Images
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    Did people take drugs in Tudor times?

    What were the signals in fan language? © Getty Images
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    What were the signals in fan language?

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    Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, c1588 © Getty
    Tudors

    How much did Elizabeth I spend on her dresses?

    How did William the Conqueror mark Christmas? (public domain)
    Normans

    How did William the Conqueror mark Christmas?

    When was the first Christmas stamp issued? © Washington Post
    20th century

    When was the first Christmas stamp issued?

    An Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII, c. 1590. © Getty
    Tudors

    Tudors Q&A: Jessie Childs

    Who voiced the original speaking clock? © Getty Images
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    Who voiced the original speaking clock?

    Why is Hartlepool Football Club called the ‘monkey hangers’? © Wikimedia Commons
    Georgians

    Why is Hartlepool Football Club called the ‘monkey hangers’?

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    Which mouldy fruit saved lives during D-Day? © Getty Images
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    Which mouldy fruit saved lives during D-Day?

    Has the British weather always been bad? © Getty Images
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    Has the British weather always been bad?

    When was the worst time to live in Britain? © Getty Images
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    When was the worst time to live in Britain?

    What’s the oldest chat-up line in history? © Getty Images
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    What’s the oldest chat-up line in history?

    Why we say: ‘Peeping Tom’ © Getty Images
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    Why we say: ‘Peeping Tom’

    What is a daguerreotype? (public domain)
    19th Century

    What is a daguerreotype?

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