In this episode of Half-Arsed History, discover the historical origins behind five popular sayings: “mad as a hatter”, “bite the bullet”, “crocodile tears”, “I have a bridge to sell you”, and “baker’s dozen”.
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Episode 303: Owain Glyndwr and the Welsh Revolt
Episode 302: The Extinction of the Dodo
Episode 300: The History of History
Episode 299: William Adams and the Real-Life History of Shogun
Episode 298: Grace O’Malley, the Irish Rebel Pirate
Episode 297: The History of Chess
Episode 296: Vasco da Gama, the Explorer Who Shrank the World
Episode 295: King Stephen, Empress Matilda, and the Anarchy
Episode 294: The Lost Secret of Greek Fire
Episode 293: The Treaty of Waitangi
Episode 292: The Settlement of Aotearoa New Zealand
Episode 291: Florence Nightingale, the Lady with the Lamp
Episode 290: The History of Tennis
Episode 289: The Democratic Peace Theory
Episode 288: Charlemagne, Emperor of Europe
Episode 287: Charles Darwin, Evolutionary Revolutionary
Episode 286: Pedro II of Brazil, the Magnanimous Emperor
Episode 285: The Elgin Marbles
Episode 284: The Mughal Empire
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