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RT @rhenaylor: 🇯🇵 30 years ago today, an earthquake devastated the city of Kobe, in Japan More than 6,000 people died 📻 I spoke to a surv…

Italy's @emmabonino went on hunger strike and was jailed during her fight to legalise abortion in 1978. It led to a career in politics. I spoke to her for @bbcworldservice📻listen here 👇🏾https://t.co/iLOqt9KL1z

RT @benhenderson96: The Nazis sterilised roughly 400k people deemed to have physical or mental disabilities from 1933-45 Helga Gross tells…

Great to hear a clip from my @bbcworldservice Witness History episode about the pioneering musician Bi Kidude on @cerysmatthews @BBC6Music show Listen to the episode here https://t.co/TZitOq8TlD

RT @Louise_G_Clarke: 👽Ever wondered if there's life out there? 👽 🛸Or what might happen should contact be made?🛸 Great insight from @GEghi…

If you haven't heard of Bi Kidude listen to this👇🏽I spoke to her friend Maryam Hamdani about how she became an international star in her 70s @bbcworldservice📻#zanzibar #taarab #bikidude

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Zanzibar’s Bi Kidude, known as the ‘golden grandmother of music’, was a trailblazer. Hear from one Bi’s oldest friends on her life and legacy https://t.co/35mrcjDEpW

RT @bbcworldservice: The Marinelli family have been making bells for almost a thousand years. You can find them in some pretty famous plac…

RT @bbcworldservice: In 1986 the words "Welcome to the dungeon" first popped up on computer screens around the world. It all began with tw…

RT @bbcworldservice: World War II surrender ceremonies took place across the Japanese Empire in 1945. John Stanfield, now 103, recalls s…

The robot dogs even competed in a soccer league-called RoboCup! The creator of Aibo told me all about it📻listen here 👇

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In 1999, Aibo, the world's first robot dog hit shops in Japan, selling out in just 20 minutes. Aibo could bark, walk, growl, wag his tail, and play with a ball - but he also came with a hefty price tag of $2,500

RT @rhenaylor: 🙌 Thanks so much for picking my programme about the biro 🖊️ I love finding out how stuff was invented too! 👶🏻 I made one…

Did you know that Aibo, the world's first robot dog sold out in just 20 minutes when it hit the shelves in Japan in 1999? I spoke to its creator about his invention📻 Listen here👇@bbcworldservice #aibo https://t.co/w1W9PfAtGS

RT @Louise_G_Clarke: 🔥How can we stop wildfires? 🌳That's the question this week on #theinquiry @bbcworldservice @BBC_CurrAff 🚒Expert…

RT @bbcworldservice: In 1957, Paul Robeson performed the world's first transatlantic concert using a new phone line. John Liffen from Lond…

RT @bbcworldservice: How a chance meeting and frustration with smudging ink led to one of the most durable inventions this century 🖊️ https…

RT @Anoushka_md: Meet the man behind the meat dress...Franc Fernandez. https://t.co/dprMhDMUWk I interviewed the designer behind Gaga's mo…