What's an aspect of British history that you think people should be more aware of?

Posted by DurhamOx@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 711 comments

It can be something positive, which you think people should embrace as a fine part of our heritage, or something negative, that you think the nation should be more ashamed of. But what is there in the pages of the history books that you've realised most British people simply do not *know* happened?