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Exploring 1000 years of British food history, this video follows the evolution of the famous Full English Breakfast from early traditional meals to the modern plate recognized around the world.

The language of the Greeks is a living organism that has endured millennia. Credit: Thomas Wolf, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 de Greek is one of the oldest recorded living languages of the world, ...