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What is "The Doomsday [Domesday] Book"?

I'm watching Foyle's War, a TV series from the UK, and in the episode I just saw, there was a farmer who said to a policeman that a plot of land had been in his family since the "doomsday book was written". What the heck is a doomsday book? [ed note: it's not called the "doomsday book", but rather the "domesday book", but I'll get into that in a minute]...

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What is Guy Fawkes night and the Gunpowder Plot?

November 5 every year the English (and some other Commonwealth nations) celebrate Guy Fawkes Night with fireworks, parties and other festivities. But who was Guy Fawkes and what exactly are we celebrating when we commemorate the Gunpowder Plot?...

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