Social history

How old is the toilet seat? © Getty Images

General history

How old is the toilet seat?

Have people ever lived underground? Ìpadocia Underground City © iStock

Have people ever lived underground?

In a nutshell: the Reformation © Wikimedia Commons

In a nutshell: the Reformation

Who made the first booze? © Wikimedia Commons

Who made the first booze?

Did people smoke anything before tobacco was discovered? © Getty Images

Did people smoke anything before tobacco was discovered?

In a nutshell: the Holy Roman Empire (public domain)

In a nutshell: the Holy Roman Empire

Why was there so much dancing in medieval times? © Wikimedia Commons

Why was there so much dancing in medieval times?

How old is the cat flap? © iStock

How old is the cat flap?

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

General history

Did the Thames really used to freeze over?

What was ‘pigging’? © Getty Images

What was ‘pigging’?

Top 10 biggest blunders in history © Getty Images

General history

Top 10 biggest blunders in history

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What ‘fast food’ was there in Victorian England?

Who was the first archaeologist? © Getty Images

Who was the first archaeologist?

In a nutshell: Debtors’ Prisons (public domain)

In a nutshell: Debtors’ Prisons

Why we say: ‘pleased as punch’

Why we say: ‘pleased as punch’