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Experts have recreated how Richard III might have sounded – and it’s nothing like Laurence Olivier

People have been sharing their most tenuous historical claims to fame – 17 eye-opening links to the past

This passer-by’s most British of corrections about ‘London Bridge’ had Americans proper fuming

This list of causes of death of people in London in 1632 went wildly viral and it’s a grimly fascinating read

This viral thread explaining why Madrid is the capital of Spain is an unexpectedly riveting read

The ‘End Wokeness’ account complained about Netflix portraying Alexander the Great as gay and it didn’t end well for them

Maternity ward rules were very very different in the 1940s

‘The History of Adults Blaming the Younger Generation’ tells a familiar and never-ending story

BBC archive footage from 1961 shows The Crooked House in all its wonky glory

Jacob Rees-Mogg dredged up the history of the British Empire to criticise the Civil Service and got schooled into the 19th century

19th-century cough syrup wasn’t messing about

Just a fascinating list of 19 ‘Unfortunate Author Deaths’ for the morbidly curious

These reasons people ended up in an asylum in the 1800s are eye-wateringly bad

15 Old Photos in Real Life showing the passing of time in the most fascinating way

Donald Trump claims the Declaration of Energy Independence was signed in 1776 – the only 5 responses you need