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The discovery of the Lord of Sipan in Peru

In 1987, the looting of an ancient pyramid led to an extraordinary golden discovery

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The Whisky War: Denmark v Canada

Beginning in 1984, a dispute over an island was marked by geniality, and bottles of booze

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Uruguay v the tobacco giant

In 2010, Uruguay was taken to court by a tobacco company for its trailblazing smoking ban

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French child evacuees of World War Two

In World War Two, tens of thousands of children left Paris to escape the threat of bombs

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The Carnation Revolution in Portugal

In 1974, a 41-year regime was overthrown in a day

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Rehabilitating Kony's child soldiers in Uganda

In 2002, a nun was sent to northern Uganda to help those suffering from a bloody conflict

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MH370: The plane that vanished

Ghyslain Wattrelos' wife and two children were on MH370, the plane that disappeared.

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11M: The day Madrid was bombed

Nearly 200 died when Spanish commuter trains were bombed in 2004

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Finding the longest set of footprints left by the first vertebrate

In 1992 a student found a set of fossilised footprints from the earliest vertebrate

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Paraguay adopts its second language

How Guarani was officially recognised in Paraguay鈥檚 new constitution

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Winifred Atwell: The honky-tonk star who was Sir Elton John鈥檚 hero

The forgotten story of Winifred Atwell, the pianist from Trinidad who broke sales records

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The last eruption of Mount Vesuvius

Vesuvius is famous for burying Pompeii but it last erupted in 1944, during World War II.

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Pinyin: The man who helped China to read and write

In 1958, Zhou Youguang introduced a new writing system in China

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Surviving re-education in China鈥檚 Cultural Revolution

Thousands of people were sent to re-education camps during China鈥檚 cultural revolution

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The 'comfort women' of World War Two

Hundreds of thousands of Asian women were forced into sex slavery in the 1930s and 1940s

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Discovering the Terracotta Army

In 1974, Chinese farmers stumbled upon an astonishing archaeological site

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Wham! in China

How Wham! became the first Western pop act to perform in communist China

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Britain's Mirpuri migration

In 1967, the Mangla Dam was built in Mirpur spurring a huge global migration

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The Heimlich Manoeuvre

How the life-saving method to stop choking was developed

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Britain's first beach for nudists

In 1980, a seaside town opened a beach where people could strip off as they pleased

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The founding of Nato

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed to block the Soviet Union's expansion

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Surviving the Rwandan genocide

April 1994 was the start of the Rwandan genocide. One hundred days of atrocities followed

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Fifty years of Abba

In 1974, Swedish act Abba won the Eurovision song contest

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The man who invented the seat belt

In 1958, Swedish engineer Nils Bohlin invented the three-point safety belt for cars

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Sweden's pioneering paternity leave

Fifty years ago Sweden introduced gender neutral parental leave

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The Bluetooth story

The story of how a Viking inspired wireless technology.

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Sweden's Cinnamon Bun Day

In 1999, a delicious new tradition was born in Sweden's kitchens

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Bonus: The Black 14

The lives of 14 black American footballers are changed forever in a fight against racism

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The 2010 Kampala bombings

Bombings in Uganda in 2010 killed 74. Many were football fans watching the World Cup

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How Lake Karla in Greece was drained

In 1962, Thessaly鈥檚 Lake Karla was drained by the Greek government

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