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The Not-Yet Leaning Tower of Pisa
Episode 317
Construction began on a white marble bell tower for Pisa’s new Cathedral complex on 9th August, 1173. Little did the engineers working on the project…
3 years, 8 months ago
When The Beatles Crossed The Road
Episode 316
Abbey Road was a street known only to North Londoners until The Beatles posed on the zebra crossing outside EMI Studios on 8th August, 1969. Photogra…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Girl in the Comic Strip
Episode 315
Little Orphan Annie, Harold Gray’s plucky heroine, made her newspaper debut on 5th August, 1924. The iconic comic strip then ran for an astonishing 8…
3 years, 8 months ago
Dom Perignon Tastes the Stars
Episode 314
Rerun. Benedictine monk Dom Perignon is said to have discovered champagne on 4th August, 1693. 200 million bottles are now produced and sold every ye…
3 years, 8 months ago
Storming the Sacred City
Episode 313
Sir Francis Younghusband’s band of British troops reached Lhasa on 3rd August, 1904. Along the way, they’d massacred thousands of bewildered Tibetans…
3 years, 8 months ago
Don't Mess With Jeanne
Episode 312
Olivier Clisson III was beheaded for treason on 2nd August, 1343 - an event which triggered his wife Jeanne to violently avenge his death for years: …
3 years, 8 months ago
Let's Do The Twist
Episode 311
Chubby Checker's "The Twist", the most popular single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, was released on 1st August, 1960.
It was just a cover v…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Cult of Olaf
Episode 310
Viking King Olaf II Haraldsson was killed on 29th July, 1030, kicking off a campaign, led by an English clergyman, to declare him a Saint.
The cult of…
3 years, 8 months ago
Fingerprints Go Legit
Episode 309
#throwbackthursday William James Herschel, a British colonial magistrate in India, first used fingerprints as a means of identification on 28th July,…
3 years, 8 months ago
Let's Go To Berni Inn
Episode 308
Famous for steaks, maroon banquettes, schooners of sherry and sexist advertising, family restaurant chain and ‘70s date night favourite Berni Inn fir…
3 years, 8 months ago