Q&A

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Why were people who died by suicide historically buried at crossroads?

17th-century Ranter

Chair used for the last execution at the Tower of London, c1940. Wooden chair on which the German Corporal Josef Jakobs was seated when he was shot as a spy in the Tower of London in August 1941. Two of the spindles have been shot away and the frame broken by bullets. Jakobs, who was seated due to an injured leg, was the last person to be executed at the Tower of London. (Credit: The Board of Trustees of the Armouries / HIP / TopFoto)

Q&A: Why was Josef Jakobs the only WW2 spy to be shot rather than hanged?

Cornish invention

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How far could a person expect to travel in a single day on horseback or in a stagecoach?

The Eidophusikon

Philospher and scholar

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What are the origins of saluting?

British and Maori conflicts

Second World War

First World War shells

Magna Carta

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Was Britain the only country to use children to sweep chimneys?

A monument to Nicolaus Copernicus in Poland.

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

Knights Templar: not guilty