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Back to SearchThe discovery of the Terra Nova shipwreck
In 2012, a team of researchers discovered one of the most famous polar shipwrecks - the Terra Nova.
The ship was famous for carrying Britain’s doomed …
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Recommending: 13 Minutes Presents Artemis II
Humans are returning to the Moon - hear all about it on the BBC’s space podcast. 13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II is following Nasa’s mission to loop …
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Echo and the elephants
In 1972, the world’s longest-running study of wild elephants was first launched in Kenya, making a star of one of its subjects – Echo.
For decades, th…
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Anthony Bourdain's Don't Eat Before Reading This
In April 1999, Anthony Bourdain's essay Don't Eat Before Reading This was published.
It was an unfiltered look into restaurant kitchen culture. It la…
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The first Great Wall of China trek
In May1984, three friends starting trekking along the Great Wall of China. It took 508 days for them to complete and they became the first people to …
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How a Maasai community in Kenya overcame a deadly drought
In 2013, after losing most of their cattle, a Maasai community in Kajiado County formed an organisation to protect their land and culture.
It's called…
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The only Pope to visit New Zealand
In November 1986, Pope John Paul II visited New Zealand as part of his longest ever world tour.
He gave an open-air mass at Auckland Domain in front o…
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The reunification of Germany
When the Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989, it marked a turning point in the Cold War in Europe and set in motion the process that led to the reuni…
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Women's rights in independent Tunisia
It's 70 years since Tunisian gained independence from France.
In August 1956, it brought in a new equality law that revolutionised women's lives.
Under…
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The 'Cyprus Emergency'
Between 1955 and 1959, a Greek-Cypriot paramilitary group called EOKA rebelled against British colonial rule in Cyprus. In response, the British auth…
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