Archives open up centuries of British sex
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The 17th century punishment for sex   crimes was public humiliation and 1930s Britons pretended to be   drunk so they could get away with sex on the beach.
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Researchers in London are developing DVDs that could hold 100 times more data than current discs.
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One of the word's greatest collections of historical letters, including a note written by Napoleon to his lover Josephine, has been found in a filing cabinet tucked away in a Swiss laundry room.
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Four out of 10 Britons are willing to give up sex if that meant they would live to be 100 years old, a new survey showed.
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A study of pre-historic animals reveals the crucial role of the English Channel in shaping  Britain's natural history.
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Many Britons would give up sex, their favourite food and alcohol to reach 100 years of age, a poll suggests.
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Memories of eccentric mandates and a vast repository of high-quality audio files leave former members wallowing in the past.
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âDo Me,â an eclectic literary anthology dedicated to sex in all its glorious, offers an entertaining if uneven read.
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Contrary to popular belief, people are enjoying having sex well into their 70s, even their 80s. And plenty of it.
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A shopping list written around 300 years ago has been discovered in an 18th-century Chinese vase in Britain, the cleaner who found it said Thursday.
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Pieces of Britain's past, including a second-century silver ring and a 500-year-old Tudor trade weight, are among artefacts being peddled daily on the Internet to the alarm of experts at the British Museum.
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The British Library is putting high-resolution copies of Shakespeare's plays on the internet.
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Won't save you a trip to the library, though If you ever suspected that the old days weren't quite as great as old folk reckon, or that the cock and bull stories told by politicians haven't changed one jot in two hundred years, you now have the means to find out without getting off your lazy backside and going to the library.â¦
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A suitcase thought to be full of long-lost Beatles material turns out to be full of photocopies
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Some other Washington sex scandals from the past:
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Business & money: With Britain's super-rich dripping charity, it's almost like the 19th century.
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Plans are taking shape to set up a museum dedicated to Britain's role in the origins of modern computers.