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The last men on the Moon

In 1972 the American space agency NASA carried out its final Moon mission

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When Skylab fell to Earth

The space station which was meant to break up and fall into the sea but instead hit land

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A space crash

Michael Foale was on board the Mir space station when a resupply vessel crashed into it.

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The Deepwater Horizon disaster

A deadly explosion on a drilling rig led to an environmental disaster in the US

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The last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade

A woman who died in the US in 1940 was captured and enslaved in West Africa as a child

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Edhi: Pakistan's 'Angel of Mercy'

Abdul Sattar Edhi built one of the biggest welfare charities in the world

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The Brompton Manley Ventilator

The development of a ventilation system that was a precursor to modern ventilators.

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Tennessee Williams on the 麻豆社

The great American playwright revealed a lot about himself in 麻豆社 interviews

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Waria warriors - the fight for trans rights in Indonesia

The transgender Indonesians who fought for their rights in the 1970s and 1980s

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The 1957 flu that killed a million people

In 1957 a new strain of flu emerged in East Asia and quickly spread around the world

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The assassination of the UN's first Middle East mediator

The first Middle East mediator, Count Bernadotte, was assassinated in Jerusalem in 1948

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The Galapagos sea cucumber dispute

How fishermen and conservationists battled in the species-rich waters of the archipelago

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Hiroshima's trees of hope

Trees which survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima are still growing in the Japanese city

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The Wehrmacht exhibition that shocked Germany

An exhibition about the German army鈥檚 role in WW2 caused a scandal in 1995.

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The death of Hitler

First-hand accounts of Hitler's death from the 麻豆社's archives

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The battle for Berlin

Eyewitness accounts of the final battle for the capital of Nazi Germany in 1945

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The Soviet occupation of Berlin

After Germany's surrender to Allied forces in May 1945, Soviet soldiers occupied Berlin

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VE Day

After Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies in May 1945 'Victory in Europe' was declared

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The liberation of the Channel Islands

The only part of the British Isles to be occupied during WW2 was liberated in May 1945

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The first 24-hour children's helpline

When a free helpline for kids was set up it showed just how widespread child abuse was

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Fighting for the pill in Japan

It took until 1999 for Japanese women to be allowed to take the contraceptive pill.

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Confessions of a Prince

How Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands broke his silence to reveal a love child

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Sweden's fishy submarine scare

Could farting fish have triggered Sweden's Cold War submarine hunts?

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The Miami riots

After four white policemen were acquitted of killing a black man - Miami rioted in 1980

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Kowloon Walled City

How Hong Kong鈥檚 city within a city was torn down in 1993.

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The first 3D printer

The creator of the 3D printer had no idea how revolutionary this technology might become.

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Explaining autism

One scientist's ground-breaking work that revolutionised our understanding of autism

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Britain's World War Two crime wave

How criminals from looters to con artists thrived in London during the Blitz.

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The book that changed the way we eat

The book that highlighted the health and environmental benefits of a plant based diet

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Risking my life to protect Congo's forest

How a conservationist tried to protect Congo's rainforest during the country's civil war.

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