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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Imelda Marcos's famous shoe collection

In 2001, more than 700 pairs of Imelda Marcos’ shoes became museum exhibits in Marikina

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How Air Jordans were created

The story of how Nike signed basketballer Michael Jordan and launched Air Jordans

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Carlos Lamarca: From army captain to Brazil's 'most wanted'

Hero or traitor? Carlos Lamarca deserted the Brazilian army to fight the military regime

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The first ever quintuplets

Ninety years ago, five girls were born and exhibited to the world

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The first Aboriginal MP

In August 1971, the first Aboriginal MP took his place in the Australian Senate.

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The Flint water crisis

In 2014, a city in Michigan was exposed to dangerous levels of lead in its water supply

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The commercial that changed advertising: 1984

Forty years ago, a revolutionary advert played at America’s Super Bowl

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‘Panda diplomacy’: China gifts pandas to Taiwan

Giant pandas, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, were sent to Taiwan from China as a gift in 2008

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Tetris: The birth of an all-time favourite

The game was created by a Russian and marketed by an American during the Cold War

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The woman whose weather report changed the date of D-Day

Maureen Flavin’s weather report forecast a storm and changed the course of WW2 history

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Saving lives on D-Day

Charles Norman Shay was honoured for saving men from drowning on Omaha Beach on D-Day

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The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at George Bush

Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his shoes at the President of the United States.

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Nato bombs Serbian state television headquarters

It's 25 years since Nato bombed the Serbian television headquarters in Belgrade

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Boko Haram massacre in Gwoza

In 2014, Boko Haram drove into Gwoza in Nigeria and began an assault that killed hundreds

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The Irish shopworkers strike against apartheid

In 1984, 11 Dunnes store workers walked out after refusing to handle South African goods

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Kielland disaster

In 1980, 123 men died when a platform capsized in Norway's biggest industrial disaster

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Orelhão: Brazil's iconic egg-shaped telephone booth

In 1971, a Chinese architect called Chu Ming Silveira created Orelhão

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