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Braille For Your Feet
Episode 796
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…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Woman Who Made van Gogh
Episode 794
Vincent van Gogh’s genius was finally recognised 11 years after his death, when, on March 15th, 1901, the Bernheim-Jeune Gallery in Paris debuted his…
1 year, 10 months ago
Finger Lickin' Lawsuit
Episode 793
Rerun. Colonel Harland Sanders’ image continues to grace the logo of KFC, who continue to sell the chicken inspired by his ‘11 secret herbs and spice…
1 year, 10 months ago
Fall of the Maya
Episode 792
The Guatemalan island of Flores, once known as Nojpetén, witnessed the final clash between Spanish conquistadors and the last independent Maya kingdo…
1 year, 10 months ago
Dennis The Menace(s)
Episode 791
On this day in 1951, by a peculiar quirk of fate, the world got not one, but two Dennis the Menaces.
Both Dennises were mischievous rascals with slin…
1 year, 10 months ago
Meet The Luddites
Episode 790
Disgruntled textile workers stormed a factory near Nottingham on March 11th, 1811, kickstarting the political movement famously known as Luddism.
Thei…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Marx Brothers Bow Out
Episode 788
Comedy legends The Marx Brothers made their final on-screen appearance together on March 8th, 1959, in a TV short called "The Incredible Jewel Robber…
1 year, 10 months ago
Constantine's Sunday Sabbath
Episode 787
Rerun: Why is Sunday the Christian day of rest? Because Jesus said so? No! It was Roman emperor Constantine The Great who decreed on 7th March, 320 t…
1 year, 10 months ago
Shutting Down Napster
Episode 786
Pioneering music-sharing platform Napster faced a pivotal legal showdown on March 6th, 2001, when - despite the company’s defence that it was merely …
1 year, 10 months ago
Che In The Sky With Jacket
Episode 785
The famous 'Che' poster, entitled Guerrillero Heroico, taken by Alberto Korda at a mass funeral in Havana on 5th March, 1960. It went on to become on…
1 year, 10 months ago