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Video Teeth WL

Q&A Did medieval people have rotten teeth?

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Oppenheimer

Q&A How did J Robert Oppenheimer react to the first nuclear weapons test? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A Victorian family gathers around a graveside

Q&A What were Victorian burial societies and why were they formed? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Scenic view of Cornwall

General History

Q&A Why is Cornwall called Cornwall?

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Inflation hit Britain hard in the 1970s. Here activist Erin Pizz addresses a protest by housewives holdiing placards decrying rising food prices in July 1971

Q&A UK inflation: how does today’s economic crisis compare to the 1970s? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tudor codpieces

Q&A What was the fascination behind Tudor codpieces?

Messalina

Sex, scandal and slander: who was Messalina?

Mount Everest: why is it called that? (Photo by Getty Images)

General History

Chomolunga Why is Mount Everest called Everest?

Australian bushrangers

General History

Q&A Who were Australian bushrangers?

Junko Tabei and Ang Tsering pictured on the slopes of Everest

Q&A Who was the first woman to climb Everest?

AXDC2T The Biddenden Charity Dole Kent UK 2008 Easter Monday. Also know as Chulkhurst Charity after Elisa & Mary Chulkhurst 1100-1134. Image shot 2008. Exact date unknown.

Q&A What are the Easter treats known as Biddenden cakes?

Engraving depicting the assassination of Julius Caesar

Q&A Why do we need to beware the Ides of March?

Two women share a tender moment, c1902

Q&A Has it ever been a crime to be lesbian in England?

Santa_Surveillance_s Glen McBeth

Q&A Why did NORAD begin tracking Santa Claus in the Cold War?

The real Wenceslas is that he was not actually a king, but Duke of Bohemia.

Q&A Who was Good King Wenceslas, and was he actually good?