Justin Pollard

Justin Pollard is a historian, television producer and writer

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Life hacks from history How to keep a secret . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Life hacks from history How to raise a child . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Life hacks from history Get a good night’s sleep . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Life hacks from history How to get rich . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Life hacks from history Build a dream home . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Life hacks from history Learn to relax . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My life in history Justin Pollard, historical consultant . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The decapitation machine now known as the guillotine was not a French invention and wasn't invented by Joseph Guillotin. (Image by Getty Images)

Q&A Did the French invent the guillotine?

English actor Trevor Howard as Captain William Bligh on the set of 'Mutiny On The Bounty', directed by Lewis Milestone, 1962. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

Q&A Was Captain Bligh hated by the crew of the Bounty?

A monument to Nicolaus Copernicus in Poland.

Q&A Was Copernicus the first to demonstrate that the earth goes around the sun?