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  1. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  2. Peter Singer’s Drowning Child thought experiment

    In 1972, Peter Singer published one of the most influential ideas in modern philosophy

  3. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  4. 27/04/2026 GMT

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  5. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  6. The clean-up of Chernobyl

    The story of the clean-up at the world’s worst nuclear accident in Ukraine in April 1986

  7. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  8. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  9. 20/04/2026 GMT

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  10. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  11. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  12. Witness History

    The story of our times told by the people who were there.

  13. Roddy Doyle: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

    In 1993, the Irish writer Roddy Doyle won the prestigious Booker Prize for Fiction

  14. The creation of My Little Pony

    In 1983, American toymaker Bonnie Zacharle's pony design hit the market

  15. The turtle freed after 41 years in captivity

    In 1984, Jorge became trapped and was moved to an aquarium in Argentina

  16. Khula Manch, the victory rally

    In 1970, people gathered in Kathmandu to celebrate multi-party democracy in Nepal

  17. Hitler's teeth

    In 1945 a search begins for Hitler's dentist to prove the Führer's corpse is genuine.

  18. Marcel Duchamp and the urinal that changed art

    In 1942, the French artist featured in New York's first major surrealist exhibition

  19. Straightening the Leaning Tower of Pisa

    In 2001, the Leaning Tower of Pisa reopened to the public after an 11-year closure.

  20. The first commercially successful electronic cigarette

    In May 2004, pharmacist Hon Lik's vape went on sale in China

  21. Spain welcomes Picasso’s Guernica

    In 1981 the iconic painting, Guernica, was finally handed to Spain after a 44-year exile

  22. New Nordic cuisine

    In 2004, Danish food entrepreneur Claus Meyer launched a revolution in Nordic cooking

  23. The discovery of the Terra Nova shipwreck

    In 2012, a team of researchers discovered one of the most famous polar shipwrecks

  24. Echo and the elephants

    In 1972, the world’s longest-running study of wild elephants was first launched in Kenya

  25. Anthony Bourdain's Don't Eat Before Reading This

    In April 1999, Anthony Bourdain's essay Don't Eat Before Reading This was published

  26. The first Great Wall of China trek

    In May 1984, three friends set off on an epic trek along the Great Wall of China(R)

  27. How a Maasai community in Kenya overcame a deadly drought

    In 2013, after losing most of their cattle, herders in Kajiado County came up with a plan

  28. The only Pope to visit New Zealand

    In November 1986, Pope John Paul II visited New Zealand as part of a six nations tour

  29. The reunification of Germany

    The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 paved the way for East and West Germany to reunite

  30. Women's rights in independent Tunisia

    In 1956, Tunisia gained independence and soon gave new rights to women

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