This page will archive all of my previous Did You Know?'s and, over time, will create a resource of unusual and quirky information.
Did you know?
Whether the 'Christmas Truce' of 1914, in which the opposing forces of World War One's Western Front supposedly met peacefully in No Man's Land, really happened?
The location of Mozart's grave?
How long, if at all, the head of a guillotined individual remains alive?
Who the Doughboys were?
What happened to attendance at the University of Wittenberg during the Reformation?
About an unusual war grave that has recently been uncovered?
The English translation of Philip Rohr's classic 1679 book title De Masticatione Mortuorum?
Which disease you would have had if you were taking Guaiac in the 16th Century?
When Columbus 'discovered' the Americas?
About the soldier who was buried upright?
About the double leap year?
The morbid truth behind the 19th century fashion for ‘ Waterloo ’ dentures?
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