“Spiral staircases in a castle were built that way to help fighting knights defend the castle.”

In fact, they were spiral to save space and to show the skill of stonemasons.

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“Jèrriais was never a written language.”

In fact, the Jèrriais literary tradition is traced back to Wace in the C12th.

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The pirate tradition of ‘walking the plank’ is a story that was made-up to frighten people!

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