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In 1976, the 3,000-year-old mummy of Ramesses II was found to have a fungal infection.
The embalmed body of the Egyptian pharaoh was flown from Cairo …
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I led the 'Umbrella' protests
On the 26 September 2014 Nathan Law stood on a makeshift stage outside Hong Kong's central government complex and chanted ‘Democracy Now’ and ‘Freedo…
2 years, 1 month ago
The woman who spoke to the space station
Amateur radio enthusiast Maggie Iaquinto spent a year trying to make contact with Russian cosmonauts on the Mir space station using special equipment…
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Guatemala's disappeared
More than 200,000 people were killed during Guatemala's 36-year civil war between the military and left-wing rebels which ended in 1996.
Of these, an…
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Waris Dirie
In 1987, an unknown 18 year-old Somalian model called Waris Dirie walked into the studio of renowned British photographer Terence Donovan.
She had nev…
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The writer of Mary Poppins
In 1964, the Disney film 'Mary Poppins' was released. It was based on the character created by writer PL Travers.
Travers disliked the Oscar-winning D…
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Canada’s first UFO landing pad
In 1967, the small town of St Paul, Canada declared that they were a place that welcomed everyone, even the aliens.
They did this by building a giant…
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Spain's La Tomatina
In 1945, a fight broke out between two groups of teenage boys during a parade in the Spanish town of Buñol in Valencia. The boys ended up throwing to…
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Argentina's five presidents in two weeks
In 2001, Argentina suffered an economic catastrophe so severe the country went through five leaders in two weeks. On the streets police engaged in ba…
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India’s first female bartender
In 1996, an Indian government minister said that the work of women serving in bars "is not suited in our Indian culture”.
There were protests and res…
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