St Teresa of Avila's severed hand

How General Franco kept the hand of St Teresa of Avila for spiritual guidance.

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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

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Egypt and the ‘Cairo 52’

In May 2001, 52 men were arrested in a gay nightclub floating on the River Nile

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The friendship train: Connecting India and Bangladesh

In 2008, India and Bangladesh were reconnected by train after 43 years

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West Africa's Ebola virus epidemic

In 2014, Sierra Leone was devastated by Africa's biggest Ebola outbreak on record

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Deadly Everest avalanche

In 2014, an avalanche in the Khumbu Icefall killed 16 sherpas on Mount Everest

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Major Charity Adams and the Six-Triple-Eight

The first African-American woman to lead a World War Two battalion

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South Africa's referendum on apartheid

The last whites-only vote in South Africa was held in 1992

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Soweto uprising: Children who marched against apartheid

In 1976, an uprising was sparked when demonstrating children were gunned down

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Brenda Fassie: Madonna of the townships

Brenda Fassie was a popular South African pop star, dubbed the 'Madonna of the townships'

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Oliver Tambo returns to South Africa from exile

Oliver Tambo returned to South Africa in 1990 after 30 years in exile.

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Sarah Baartman's 200-year journey back home

The campaign to return Sarah Baartman to South Africa nearly 200 years after her death

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Finding the victims of Stroessner's Paraguay

One man has dedicated his life to finding the victims of Paraguay's dictatorship

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How the Milgram 'obedience' experiment shocked the world

The study aimed to test whether 'ordinary' people were capable of committing evil acts

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How to win friends and influence people

In 1936, Dale Carnegie wrote the self help book - How to Win Friends and Influence People

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Ukraine's 'museum of corruption'

Ordinary people saw inside the home of Ukraine’s ousted president in February 2014

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The Channel Tunnel breakthrough

In 1990, the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France was connected

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Friends: The making of a smash hit

Behind the scenes on one of the biggest TV comedies of all time

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East Germany's coffee from Vietnam

A thirst for caffeine led to an unusual global collaboration in the 1980s

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The pioneering eye surgery that led to Lasik

In 1963, Dr Jose Barraquer Moner performed the first eye surgery to fix short-sightedness.

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How a billion Indians got a digital ID

The 2009 attempt to give all Indian citizens a unique digital ID

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Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal

The story of a princess, an Indian palace and a photograph which gained worldwide fame

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The ‘Catastrophe’ for Palestinians

In 1948, tens of thousands of Palestinians were expelled from their homes

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The creation of the state of Israel

In 1948, the state of Israel was declared

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How nuclear testing changed politics in French Polynesia

In 2004, protests against nuclear testing saw a change in how French Polynesia was ruled

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Baghdad heavy metal

The story of heavy metal in Iraq during the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein

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When Cuban spy Ana Montes was caught

The story of Cuban spy Ana Montes who was arrested in 2001

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Bata: Pioneering shoemakers

A Czech company called Bata pioneered assembly line shoemaking

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How a Brazilian flip-flop took over the world

Havaianas has become one of the country's most successful and best-known exports

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Adi Dassler's sports shoe obsession

How an argument between the Dassler brothers led to the creation of Adidas and Puma

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