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Windows
A tax on windows leads to some interesting architectural solutions.
Home Security
A gaggle of geese stands guard outside a whisky distillery in Scotland.
Toilets
Pigs form an unlikely part of the sewage system in ancient China.
Jewellery
In the Middle Ages, poison rings are used to covertly contaminate food and drink.
Lawnmowers
Landscape gardening leads to the downfall of a powerful politician in 17th century France.
Ovens
In Mughal India, an emperor just can鈥檛 do without his favourite tandoori meals鈥�
Board Games
On the Isle of Lewis, a lost cow unearths the most famous chess pieces in history
Hats
Napoleon Bonaparte causes a stir, by rotating his bicorne 90 degrees鈥�
Carpets
A young girl鈥檚 innovation turns a small Georgia town into the carpet capital of the world.
The Medicine Cabinet
A radical apothecary causes a stir during the English Civil War...
