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Cats first became domesticated
as a way of protecting farmers’ YOUR
crops from rodents
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Ffion Murray in Cyprus. However, a more recent began to flourish in the Middle East’s YOUTUBE
The earliest evidence of a domestic study has found that all domestic cats Fertile Crescent, and farmers started
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near a human about 9,500 years ago ago. Around that time, agriculture farmers as a form of pest control.

Why do spiral
staircases in castles
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Although not all castle staircases spiral clockwise,
the majority of them do, and the reason for
this is all to do with defence. The design
meant that attackers ascending the stairs
would have their right-hand side against
the interior curved wall. If they were
right-handed, as most people are,
then this would make it difficult
for them to swing their sword.
Meanwhile, defenders descending
Castle spiral staircases the stairs would have their right side Find out about the king that ‘bred’
were designed specifically against the outside wall, giving them an army of super soldiers at…
with defence in mind plenty of room to use their weapon. historyanswers.co.uk

1969 1986 1994 2001
● French president resigns ● Soviets admit ● CIA double agent jailed ● First space tourist lifts off
Following his defeat in a nuclear disaster Former CIA agent Aldrich Ames Billionaire businessman
referendum on governmental It takes two days for the is sentenced to life imprisonment Dennis Tito pays £14 million
reform, President Charles de USSR to acknowledge the without parole after admitting to become the first paying
Gaulle resigns. During his 11 years accident at the Chernobyl to selling secrets to the Soviet passenger to go to space. The
in power, he had revolutionised power station, even after Union and Russia. His actions former NASA employee spent
French political institutions and increased radiation was are thought to have led to the almost eight days aboard the
founded the Fifth Republic. detected in other countries. deaths of at least ten US agents. International Space Station.

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