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 259: Captain Cook’s First Voyage
Episode 258: The Nika Riots
Episode 257: Hurrem Sultan, Ottoman Empress
Episode 256: Henry Every, Pirate King
Episode 255: Benjamin Franklin, American Polymath
Episode 254: The Roman Empire
Episode 253: The Roman Republic
Episode 252: The Satsuma Rebellion
Episode 251: The Western Schism
Episode 250: Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
Episode 249: The History of Flight – Part 3
Episode 248: The History of Flight – Part 2
Episode 247: The History of Flight – Part 1
Episode 246: Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Eleven-Time President
Episode 245: The Salem Witch Trials
Episode 244: Fritz Haber
Episode 243: Mutiny on the Hermione
Episode 242: The Race to the North Pole
Episode 241: History’s Weirdest Deaths, Part 3
Episode 240: The Federation of Australia
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