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What was the toy you really wanted as a child?
Plus, how our brains respond differently to reading versus listening to a book
What is the oldest item in your wardrobe?
Many of our new and old clothes end up in landfill - is it time for new habits?
What is your best video game of all time?
Witness History goes back in time to play Tetris
Your top picks from around the world in 2023
A special show looking back at a year of clicks, comments and shares
How far would you go for your dream?
Meet the man who cycled 9,000 kilometres to enrol at his dream university
K-drama rewrites the script for women in South Korea
How Korean television shows are taking on the patriarchy
Time bending and why history is not always old
The stories from recent history that got your social media attention
The 144-year-old science experiment
We hear about one of the world's longest running experiments
Twin sisters stolen as babies reunited via TikTok
The incredible story of Amy and Ano, taken from their mother and sold
The 99-year-old swimmer with three world records
You have been loving the amazing story of Betty Brussel from Canada
A polar bear asleep on a melting iceberg
Plus, the amazing story of three foundling babies - and a secret rock 'n' roll star mum
The queens of chess battling sexism
How female chess champions are fighting back online - plus are we going back to the Moon?
The songs that saved our lives
The immense power of music in shaping our lives and memories
Why women are having fewer children
Trends show that women around the world are having children later in life
Football's top scorer is a she - Temwa Chawinga
The Malawian got 63 goals last year – nine more than Cristiano Ronaldo
The hidden impact of our data on the planet
How much energy and water are data centres using globally?
Berlin's techno scene gets UN heritage status
Why clubbing in 's capital is such a special experience
Why was Charlie Chaplin exiled from Hollywood?
Our podcast tells the story of why the FBI considered the movie star a threat to the US
The woman who snuck into the Boston Marathon
In 1966, Bobbi Gibb was told women couldn't run marathons... but she did it anyway
The secret to living a long life
How "good nutrition... and a shot of liquor a day" helped the oldest man in the world
Learning to read with the help of TikTok
You loved the story of a man who first read in his thirties, with help from social media
Is P-Pop about to rival K-Pop?
The rise of Filipino pop and why the band Alamat are changing the country's music scene
Smile. Give praise. The secrets to social success (still!)
Which self-help book do you think everyone should read?
Top Indian student speaks out about online trolls
Prachi Nigam beat millions in her exams - only to be mocked for her looks
The Thai school where kids make the rules
If you could invent a new kind of school, what would it look like?
A K-pop scandal with five million YouTube views
Burning Sun: Exposing the secret K-pop chat groups
The man who 'married' a virtual pop star
After being severely bullied, Akihiko Kondo found happiness with a synthesised character
What's happened to the missing Cryptoqueen?
The search continues for the FBI's most wanted woman
The biggest gold mine fraud of all time
Our new podcast finds out what really happened in the scam that devastated lives
Why laughing is really good for you
Why it’s good to giggle plus skateboarding, bungee jumping and the happiest place to be
The Dutch couple who decided to stop living
An incredible story of loving, living and dying - with more than four million clicks
