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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Flubadubadubadub on 2025-06-22 18:28:56+00:00.

Original Title: TIL That in 2009 the BBC introduced a nominally children’s TV show call Horrible Histories based on the popular book of the same name. It told irreverent stories from Western History back to the Stone Age. It became a sleeper adult hit and ran for over 70 episodes.