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Intervision Song Contest
In 1980, Finnish singer Marion Rung won Intervision, the USSR's answer to Eurovision
Tesla and Edison: Electricity rivals
In 1915, two rival electricity pioneers were told they would share a Nobel Prize
The founding of the Warsaw Pact
On 14 May 1955, eight Soviet countries met to sign the Warsaw Pact.
Mexico’s soda tax: Confronting soft drink giants
In 2013 a new tax was approved in one of the world’s biggest consumers of fizzy drinks
Sweden’s shocking sugar experiment
In the 1940s vulnerable hospital patients were fed sugar to see if their teeth decayed
Lunch atop a Skyscraper
In 1932, a photo was taken showing 11 ironworkers eating lunch at the top of a skyscraper
Nigerian photographer’s iconic 'Hairstyles' series
J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, known as Nigeria’s top photographer gained international acclaim
Martín Chambi: Peru's pioneering documentary photographer
Chambi's dramatic black and white photographs showed indigenous people in a new light.
The founding of Magnum Photos
On 22 April 1947, a group of famous war photographers founded the agency.
Vivian Maier: Secret street photographer
The secret street photography of a US nanny in the 1950s and 1960s
