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From "paint the town red" to "mad as a hatter," many of our favorite idioms originated or were popularized in the era of Queen Victoria.

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From "snapshot" to "in the trenches," here's how battlefield slang and military history shaped the way we talk today.

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Here are five misconceptions which are sometimes held about the gladiators of Ancient Rome.  The common image of the gladiator is of a man in particular being in the arena, as emphasized by ...