麻豆社

Ceefax: the start of interactive television

In 1974, the 麻豆社 launched the world's first teletext service

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Poland's bleak Christmas

In 1981, the communist government of Poland declared martial law to suppress civil unrest

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Australian republic referendum

On 6 November 1999, voters in Australia were asked if they wanted to become a republic

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'I created MasterChef'

In 1990, the cookery programme MasterChef launched on 麻豆社 TV

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When instant noodles came to India

A turning point in Indian culinary history

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Chef to five presidents

Cristeta Comerford was the first woman and person of colour to the White House's top chef

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'Kimchi war'

In the 1990s, a diplomatic dispute broke out between Japan and South Korea over kimchi

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Dinner for One: How an English comedy became a German tradition

The sitcom Dinner for One, recorded in 1963, has become a German New Year's Eve tradition

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Indian Ocean tsunami - Tamil Nadu

On 26 December 2004, communities around the Indian Ocean were swept away by a tsunami

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Indian Ocean tsunami - Aceh

In 2004, a deadly tsunami swept away entire communities around the Indian Ocean

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Robert Ripley and the 鈥楤elieve It or Not鈥� empire

During the Great Depression, cartoonist Robert Ripley made millions from freaky facts

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Klaus Fuchs: Oppenheimer鈥檚 atomic spy

In 1950, Klaus Fuchs admitted passing top secret nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union

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Creating Alexa

In 2000, two Polish students started creating a smart speaker which sounded human

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Marie Kondo

In 2011, Japanese tidying expert Marie Kondo's first book was published.

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Charlie Hebdo attack

On 7 January 2015, 12 people were shot dead at a satirical magazine in France

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The invention of the hotel key card

In the 1970s, Norwegian Tor Sornes invented the hotel key card

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