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Back to SearchThe invention of bubble tea
In 1987, a tea shop in Taiwan named Chun Shui Tang began selling pearl milk tea, or bubble tea, as it’s often called.
It would revolutionise the tea-…
2 years, 10 months ago
The independence of Zambia
In 1964, Zambia became a republic. It was the ninth African state to leave British colonial rule.
Simon Kapwepwe was one of the leaders in the fight f…
2 years, 10 months ago
Discovering the ancient city of Thonis-Heracleion
In 2000, the pioneering underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio made one of the greatest ever submerged discoveries.
He found evidence that the remains…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Bolivian Water War
The Bolivian Water War was a series of protests that took place in the city of Cochabamba in 2000 against the privatisation of water.
People objected…
2 years, 10 months ago
Rosalind Franklin: DNA pioneer
In 1951, Rosalind Franklin began one of the key scientific investigations of the century. The young British scientist produced an X-ray photograph th…
2 years, 10 months ago
Eyjafjallajökull: The volcano that stopped a continent
In 2010, a previously little-known Icelandic volcano erupted twice, sending a huge plume of volcanic ash all over Europe.
The ash cloud grounded flig…
2 years, 10 months ago
The invention of the EpiPen
In the 1970s, engineer Sheldon Kaplan and his colleagues were tasked with creating an auto-injector pen to be used by US soldiers needing a nerve age…
2 years, 10 months ago
The hippo and the tortoise
Following the devastating tsunami of 2004, a baby hippo named Owen was rescued from the sea off the coast of Kenya.
He was taken to Haller Park in Mom…
2 years, 11 months ago
Destruction of Mostar Bridge
On 9 November 1993, one of Bosnia's most famous landmarks, the historic bridge in Mostar, was destroyed by Croat guns during the Bosnian war.
Built b…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Pakistani teens who became disco superstars
In the 1980s, a brother and sister from Pakistan topped the charts in countries all over the world with their dancefloor filler, Disco Deewane.
Nazia …
2 years, 11 months ago