HistoryExtra

1. Daily Quiz: 8 November

   Test your history knowledge with our daily quiz – updated each morning at 7am UK time

2. Enter the zone of terror: the truth about the Bermuda Triangle is going to shock you

   You won’t find it on a map, but it may be one of the most notorious parts of the world where ships and planes completely disappear. Jonny Wilkes delves into the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle

3. Think you know the Victorian era? These 31 facts will prove you wrong

   Historian and broadcaster Ruth Goodman answers HistoryExtra fans’ most curious questions about 19th-century life. From daily routines shaped by gaslight and factory whistles to the challenges of corsets, hunger and hard labour, she reveals the realities behind the era’s myths

4. The scandalous real history behind The Gilded Age

   How much of The Gilded Age period drama is real? HistoryExtra's Elinor Evans reveals an ambitious millionaire whose real life story mirrors Bertha Russell's ruthless social climbing

5. Would Franz Ferdinand really have prevented the First World War?

   Was Archduke Franz Ferdinand truly a tragic ‘prince of peace’? Should Gavrilo Princip be remembered as a reckless killer? More than a century after these two men were united by one Earth-shattering event on the streets of Sarajevo, Annika Mombauer asks if it’s time we reassess their reputations