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Straightening the Leaning Tower of Pisa
In 2001, the Leaning Tower of Pisa reopened to the public after an 11-year closure.
The first commercially successful electronic cigarette
In May 2004, pharmacist Hon Lik's vape went on sale in China
Spain welcomes Picasso’s Guernica
In 1981 the iconic painting, Guernica, was finally handed to Spain after a 44-year exile
New Nordic cuisine
In 2004, Danish food entrepreneur Claus Meyer launched a revolution in Nordic cooking
The discovery of the Terra Nova shipwreck
In 2012, a team of researchers discovered one of the most famous polar shipwrecks
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Echo and the elephants
In 1972, the world’s longest-running study of wild elephants was first launched in Kenya
Anthony Bourdain's Don't Eat Before Reading This
In April 1999, Anthony Bourdain's essay Don't Eat Before Reading This was published
The first Great Wall of China trek
In May 1984, three friends set off on an epic trek along the Great Wall of China
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
