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 239: The Colonisation of Australia
Episode 238: Hatshepsut
Episode 237: The Funniest Art Heists in History
Episode 236: The Gregorian Calendar
Episode 235: Frederick Douglass, Part 2
Episode 234: Frederick Douglass, Part 1
Episode 233: The 1930 FIFA World Cup
Episode 232: Tokugawa Ieyasu
Episode 231: Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Episode 230: Oda Nobunaga
Episode 229: The World’s Smallest Nations
Episode 228: Benedict Arnold
Episode 227: Isabella I of Castile
Episode 226: Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui
Episode 225: Frederick Barbarossa
Episode 224: Jan Zizka
Episode 223: The Hundred Years’ War
Episode 222: The Fall of Constantinople
Episode 221: King Charles I of England
Episode 220: Mahatma Gandhi, Part 2
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