The Plaice to Know

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187: No Such Thing As An Ant On Its Gap Year

2017-10-20 · 4 places on the map · episode transcript

  1. Byzantine EmpireFictional / spaceHistorical (Constantinople)

    When the Norman conquest happened, a load of Anglo-Saxons from Britain became refugees and left Britain. They travelled down into Europe and got to the Byzantine Empire where they kind of became citizens. They lived…

    mentioned at 00:07:17 · See it on the map →

  2. CrimeaOne-offUkraine

    When the Norman conquest happened, a load of Anglo-Saxons from Britain became refugees and left Britain. They travelled down into Europe and got to the Byzantine Empire, where they lived around the Black Sea around…

    mentioned at 00:07:42 · See it on the map →

  3. Blackpool TowerOne-offUnited Kingdom

    Do you think maybe we should knock down Blackpool Tower, because that was just a copy of the Eiffel Tower?

    mentioned at 00:13:40 · See it on the map →

  4. StocktonOne-offUnited Kingdom

    There's a replica of the boat that James Cook used to sail to Australia — the Endeavour — and it's been in Stockton-on-Tees. It's just been bought by someone for £110,000, and it's going to cost them £250,000 to move it…

    mentioned at 00:17:47 · See it on the map →

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