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Origins of the Guillotine
  • 4 September 2011
Dr. Joseph Guillotin neither invented the guillotine nor was executed with one of those machines.
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Origins of the Guillotine
The Hello Girl
  • 15 March 2014
Did greeting 'Hello' enter the language because it was the surname of Alexander Graham Bell's...
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The Hello Girl
Franking Privileges Did settlement of a wrongful death suit compel the Post Office to mail letters with...
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Franking Privileges
Code Adam Origin Is missing child protocol in stores called 'Code Adam' after 6-year-old Adam Walsh?
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Code Adam Origin