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How Lake Karla in Greece was drained
In 1962, Thessaly’s Lake Karla was drained by the Greek government
The Scream: A stolen masterpiece
In 1994, an undercover operation was launched to recover the Scream painting
St Teresa of Avila's severed hand
How General Franco kept the hand of St Teresa of Avila for spiritual guidance.
Hiroo Onoda, Japan’s last WW2 soldier to surrender
Hiroo Onoda spent 30 years fighting in the jungle, believing the war was still going on
Egypt and the ‘Cairo 52’
In May 2001, 52 men were arrested in a gay nightclub floating on the River Nile
The friendship train: Connecting India and Bangladesh
In 2008, India and Bangladesh were reconnected by train after 43 years
West Africa's Ebola virus epidemic
In 2014, Sierra Leone was devastated by Africa's biggest Ebola outbreak on record
Deadly Everest avalanche
In 2014, an avalanche in the Khumbu Icefall killed 16 sherpas on Mount Everest
Major Charity Adams and the Six-Triple-Eight
The first African-American woman to lead a World War Two battalion
South Africa's referendum on apartheid
The last whites-only vote in South Africa was held in 1992
Soweto uprising: Children who marched against apartheid
In 1976, an uprising was sparked when demonstrating children were gunned down
Brenda Fassie: Madonna of the townships
Brenda Fassie was a popular South African pop star, dubbed the 'Madonna of the townships'
Oliver Tambo returns to South Africa from exile
Oliver Tambo returned to South Africa in 1990 after 30 years in exile.
Sarah Baartman's 200-year journey back home
The campaign to return Sarah Baartman to South Africa nearly 200 years after her death
Finding the victims of Stroessner's Paraguay
One man has dedicated his life to finding the victims of Paraguay's dictatorship
How the Milgram 'obedience' experiment shocked the world
The study aimed to test whether 'ordinary' people were capable of committing evil acts
How to win friends and influence people
In 1936, Dale Carnegie wrote the self help book - How to Win Friends and Influence People
Ukraine's 'museum of corruption'
Ordinary people saw inside the home of Ukraine’s ousted president in February 2014
The Channel Tunnel breakthrough
In 1990, the Channel Tunnel between Britain and was connected
Friends: The making of a smash hit
Behind the scenes on one of the biggest TV comedies of all time
East 's coffee from Vietnam
A thirst for caffeine led to an unusual global collaboration in the 1980s
The pioneering eye surgery that led to Lasik
In 1963, Dr Jose Barraquer Moner performed the first eye surgery to fix short-sightedness.
How a billion Indians got a digital ID
The 2009 attempt to give all Indian citizens a unique digital ID
Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal
The story of a princess, an Indian palace and a photograph which gained worldwide fame
The ‘Catastrophe’ for Palestinians
In 1948, tens of thousands of Palestinians were expelled from their homes
The creation of the state of Israel
In 1948, the state of Israel was declared
How nuclear testing changed politics in French Polynesia
In 2004, protests against nuclear testing saw a change in how French Polynesia was ruled
Baghdad heavy metal
The story of heavy metal in Iraq during the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein
When Cuban spy Ana Montes was caught
The story of Cuban spy Ana Montes who was arrested in 2001
Bata: Pioneering shoemakers
A Czech company called Bata pioneered assembly line shoemaking
How a Brazilian flip-flop took over the world
Havaianas has become one of the country's most successful and best-known exports
