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Did the Thames really used to freeze over? (public domain)

General history

Did the Thames really used to freeze over?

Who was buried at Sutton Hoo? © Getty Images

Who was buried at Sutton Hoo?

Why do we have the letters ‘FD’ on our coins? © Getty Images

Why do we have the letters ‘FD’ on our coins?

What was ‘pigging’? © Getty Images

What was ‘pigging’?

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What ‘fast food’ was there in Victorian England?

Who was the first archaeologist? © Getty Images

Who was the first archaeologist?

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

Why we say: ‘put a sock in it’

Have any American Presidents owned an unusual pet? © iStock

Have any American Presidents owned an unusual pet?

Why we say: ‘it’s all gone pear-shaped’ © Getty Images

Why we say: ‘it’s all gone pear-shaped’

Who was the Grand Old Duke of York? © Getty Images

Who was the Grand Old Duke of York?

Why we say: ‘pleased as punch’

Why we say: ‘pleased as punch’

Who invented champagne? © Getty Images

Who invented champagne?

Five facts about… the Victoria Cross

Five facts about… the Victoria Cross

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Was Isaac Newton religious?

Why we say: ‘a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush’ © Getty Images

Why we say: ‘a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush’