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Exposing King Albert II's secret child
In 1999, a teenager's debut book unintentionally caused a royal scandal in Belgium that wouldn't be resolved for more than 20 years.Each evening afte…
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Poland’s underground newspaper
In 1981, Poland's communist regime imposed martial law and the dissident Solidarity movement was suppressed. In response, Helena Luczywo helped set u…
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The Sami protest song that made Eurovision history
In 1980, Norway’s entry to the Eurovision Song Contest included a traditional Sami joik song from the country’s indigenous community. It was the firs…
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When Sweden invented the reality game show
In 1997, Sweden changed television history. That year saw the launch of Expedition Robinson, widely regarded as the world’s first reality-based compe…
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Uncovering a lost burial ground in Rio
In 1996, the bricklayer renovating Merced dos Anjos’ home in Rio de Janeiro told her something strange had happened. Bones appeared as he was breakin…
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The fossil that revealed the first dinosaur feathers
In 1996, a fossil unearthed in China became the first confirmed record of a dinosaur covered in feathers.Before this discovery, some palaeontologists…
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Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a seven-year project which examined the country’s residential school system. For more than 100 year…
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Sir David Attenborough's first Zoo Quest
In 1954, the BBC broadcast a new television programme in Britain. It was called Zoo Quest and it launched the career of a man who has since brought t…
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Africa's worst stadium disaster
On 9 May 2001, 127 people died and dozens more were injured at the Accra Stadium in Ghana.It is Africa's worst football stadium tragedy. The disast…
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Finding the world’s most complete T-rex fossil
On 12 August 1990, the world's most complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex was found in South Dakota.Deena Newman speaks to Peter Larson whose team…
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