Q&A

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Q&A How old was the youngest known soldier to fight in WW1?

The Bava- Beccaris massacre?

Britain and America

Angles, Saxons and Jutes

Fictional places

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Were the pulverised bones of soldiers and horses who died at the battle of Waterloo sold as soil fertiliser?

Bright ideas

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Q&A Who was the last Groom of the Stool?

‘Garnett’s Straw’

President John F Kennedy speaking at a press conference, c1963. (Photo by National Archive/Newsmakers)

Q&A: If President Kennedy hadn’t been wearing a back brace when he was assassinated, would he have lived?

A trebuchet shown during the Siege of Antioch. (Bridgeman)

Q&A: When and where was the trebuchet invented?

A Second World War memorial monument depicting Soviet soldiers

Q&A Why did Britain and France not declare war on the Soviet Union when the Red Army marched on Poland in September 1939?

Languishing languages

Venice in 1338, after a manuscript in the Bodleian Library. (Bridgeman Art Library)

When did Italian replace Latin as the language of Italy?

The ‘beautiful’ game?