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70 things I learned at University that have nothing to do with my degree https://t.co/6xSmxkSSaU

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Infant Doping in the Nineteenth Century https://t.co/MpLEw8QZzj

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Northern Ireland: the Alabama of the UK https://t.co/1BDoFTIlvA

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Valentine's Day is overly-commercialised, but it wasn't always that way #PenTrumpsSword https://t.co/fGHLkALHEL

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Zigazig Ah: Why the World Needs the Spice Girls https://t.co/H9lp6Er7ki

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@niamhcoffey207 @realDonaldTrump @HillaryClinton Why voting is so important!

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On this day in History, 2016: @realdonaldtrump beats @hillaryclinton in American elections, despite her winning the popular vote with 2.9 million more than her adversary.

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On this day in History, 1492: wise up, budding scientists. Today was the day the Ensisheim Meteorite, the oldest meteor with a known date of impact, struck a wheat field in France. Nasty shock for the farmers when they found out.

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On this day in history, 1975: it’s a big day for future music legends when @sexpistolsofficial held their first performance at St Martins College, London. And so, the age of Punk began

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On this day in History, 1605: You don’t need us to tell you about this one - 413 years ago today, Guy Fawkes attempted to blow up King James I and the British Parliament in his infamous #GunpowderPlot

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On this day in History, in 1576: Ever heard of the 80 Years’ War? Today was an important feat: the Spanish defeated Walloon and captured Antwerp, but it was still 72 years before the war came to an end.

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On this day in 1493: Christopher Columbus discovered Dominica. And so what we know as the founding of the New World began in earnest. Fun fact: Columbus wasn’t the first to discover these new lands

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On this day in History, in 1355: King Edward’s English army landed at Calais, preparing for invasion

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On this day in History: November 1st, 835 A.D., All Saints Day was made compulsory by Pope Gregory IV. If you read our investigation into Halloween’s origins yesterday, you’ll know that that didn’t stop the pagans from celebrating Samhain 👀

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@charlottecblogs @thebloggintribe Lovely post - commented!

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@thebloggintribe @Green_Otaku investigated Halloween’s ancient origins, and his discoveries were fascinating (and spooky):
https://t.co/bbQEWFKmAP

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Why do we celebrate Halloween? It’s such a bizarre holiday, but its ancient, Celtic and Pagan origins are fascinating-& still impact our celebrations tonight #PenTrumpsSword

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@Green_Otaku investigates: These are the spooky origins behind why we celebrate Halloween #PenTrumpsSword https://t.co/bbQEWFKmAP

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Ever wondered why we celebrate Halloween? So did we! Read our investigation of the most peculiar holiday tomorrow at 5pm GMT 🧛🏻‍♂️