6: Solve a 13th Century murder!
Lateral with Tom Scott
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When It Rains, It's to Get Rid of Water
In the 1830s and early 1840s, British third class train carriages had a hole in the floor to let the rain drain away. Some carriages didn't even have those holes. There was a journey in 1844 where it was recorded that the passengers had their feet in two inches of water because it was a box coupled to the back of the train. Nara: "Not too long ago, I was on a train ride in Germany and I had to stand for a lot of it"
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