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Get Your Specs On!
Get Your Specs On!

Episode 1306


Optometry historians observe 23rd February, 1305 as the day eyeglasses were perhaps first discussed in public, when friar Giordano de Rivalto stood …

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Let's Colonise Florida
Let's Colonise Florida

Episode 1305

Departing from Puerto Rico with grand plans to establish a new colony, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León set out on his ill-fated second expedition…

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Benedict Arnold: American Traitor
Benedict Arnold: American Traitor

Episode 1303

When the Second Continental Congress calmly reshuffled the revolutionary army’s high command on 19th February 1777, they couldn’t have known they wer…

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The Prince Who Drowned in Wine
The Prince Who Drowned in Wine

Episode 1302

Sentenced to death for treason against his brother King Edward IV, George, Duke of Clarence was executed on 18th February, 1478 - and, according to l…

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From Hitler To Herbie: The VW Beetle
From Hitler To Herbie: The VW Beetle

Episode 1301

Between 1908 and 1927, the Ford Motor Company sold 15,007,033 Model Ts, making the car the best-selling automobile the world had ever seen. That reco…

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Write Me A Cheque
Write Me A Cheque

Episode 1300

High-rolling merchant Nicholas Vanacker wrote out a cheque for a hefty £400 on 16th February, 1659 - one of the earliest modern cheques still preserv…

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The Jamaican Bobsled Team
The Jamaican Bobsled Team

Episode 1298

The Winter Olympics kicked off in Calgary on 13th February, 1988 - but the stand-out stars of the event did not qualify for a medal. Rather, the four…

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Malcolm X in Smethwick
Malcolm X in Smethwick

Episode 1297

Just nine days before he was assassinated, Malcolm X visited an unlikely place on 12th February, 1965: Smethwick, the industrial suburb of Birmingham…

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The Urinary Leash
The Urinary Leash

Episode 1296

The first women’s public toilets in London opened on Bedford St on 11th February, 1852 - attempting to capitalize on the success of George Jennings’ …

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Meet Tom and Jerry
Meet Tom and Jerry

Episode 1295

Hanna-Barbera’s classic cat-and-mouse cartoon series Tom and Jerry kicked off when their debut short, ‘Puss Gets The Boot’, was released by MGM on 10…

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