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Car-free Sundays during the global oil crisis
In October 1973, the Netherlands became the first country to introduce car-free Sundays
The world's first perfume archive
In 1990, L'Osmothèque opened in Versailles, France with a collection of 400 perfumes
The Tabasco floods
In 2007, the Mexican state of Tabasco experienced its worst flooding in 50 years
The clean-up of Chernobyl
The story of the clean-up at the world’s worst nuclear accident in Ukraine in April 1986
Canada's war in the woods
In 1993, rainforest logging plans sparked Canada’s largest act of civil disobedience
Europe’s long drought of 2011
How months of no rain dried up the Danube River
Mymba Kuera: The race to save wildlife at the Itaipu dam
In 1982, waters rose behind the Itaipu Dam, flooding the homes of thousands of animals
Discovering Hans Christian Andersen's 'lost fairytale'
In October 2012, The Tallow Candle fairytale was discovered
The introduction of Sharia law in Aceh, Indonesia
On 24 June 2005, the first Sharia law public caning took place in Indonesia
The assassination of Thomas Sankara
In October 1987, African leader Thomas Sankara was gunned down in a coup
