Ensure you’re up to speed with one of the world’s most famous landmarks
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Pioneering flight recreated by daring British pilot
Daring British pilot recreates Mary Heath’s Cape Town to Goodwood flight
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Five spooky historical facts about Halloween
Explore the origins of the scariest time of the year
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Gruesome torture methods and terrifying executions
Read about the blood curdling torture methods and executions of the middle ages
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The Glamorous Glennis vs. Nazi jet-fighter
The adventures of fighter pilot Chuck Yeager part I
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Jethro Tull’s seed drill
One of history’s greatest agricultural inventions explained
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Spinning jenny
A key development in the Industrial Revolution, the spinning jenny took textile production to a whole new level
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How drawbridges worked
Get to grips with a medieval drawbridge’s key mechanisms
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Archimedes’ screw
An ingenious ancient method of transferring water from one plane to another
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Battering rams
How did these massive siege machines break down city walls?
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First mechanical lawnmower
Discover how grass was kept trim in the 19th century with Edwin Budding’s machine
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Chinese junks
Highly versatile, the Chinese junk has been used since the second century CE, granting dynamic sailing control and high speed