Today I Learned 2025

This is a followup to Today I Learned 2024, Today I Learned 2023, Today I Learned 2022 and Today I Learned 2021. 20 Feb 2025: It is likely that the Battle of Hastings in 1066 had a lunch break Link to heading The battle is likely to have begun around 9am, and lasted until around 6pm, which made it an unusually long battle for the era. Given the battle length, it is thought likely that there would have been a lull in the early afternoon, while the dead and wounded were moved...