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Ricky Martin's Latin Explosion
Episode 1330
Ricky Martin’s ‘Livin’ La Vida Loca’ was released on 23rd March, 1999 - launching the singer to worldwide superstardom, and kickstarting a Latino pop…
2 weeks ago
What Caused The Black Death?
Episode 1328
The bubonic plague was blamed on witches, Jews, God’s wrath, and, on 20th March 1345, in a new theory propagated by the King of France, the rare plan…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
The Horse Bus
Episode 1327
Blaise Pascal created the first organised public transport system: the carrosses à cinq sols (“five-sou carriages”), which had its first full day of …
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Braille For Your Feet
Episode 1326
Tenji blocks (点字ブロック) - small raised shapes in the pavement to assist visually impaired people in crossing the road - were first installed near the O…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
Parading for St Paddy
Episode 1325
The first ever St. Patrick’s Day parade took place not in Ireland, as many people might expect, but in Spanish Florida, on March 17, 1601. It wasn’t …
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Burn The Heretics!
Episode 1324
Over 200 people were burned at the stake on 16th March, 1244, throwing themselves on to the pyre in their refusal to accept the Catholic church.
Thes…
3 weeks ago
Fall of the Maya
Episode 1322
The Guatemalan island of Flores, once known as Nojpetén, witnessed the final clash between Spanish conquistadors and the last independent Maya kingdo…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Yes, We Canberra
Episode 1321
What is Australia’s capital city? Not Sydney. Nor Melbourne. It’s Canberra: so named at an official ceremony on 12th March, 1913 - when the site was …
3 weeks, 4 days ago
Meet The Luddites
Episode 1320
Disgruntled textile workers stormed a factory near Nottingham on March 11th, 1811, kickstarting the political movement famously known as Luddism.
The…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
The Foreigners Fighting For France
Episode 1319
The infamous French Foreign Legion was formed by King Louis Philippe on March 10, 1831, to help the French control Algeria using mercenaries who were…
3 weeks, 6 days ago