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Luana Mansilla: Changing gender aged six

In 2013, the gender of a six-year-old from Argentina was legally changed

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German naturists

The naturist movement began in Germany at the end of the 19th Century

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Iran's secret Christian 'house churches'

Between 2002 and 2005, Naghmeh Panahi set up a network of 'house churches' in Iran

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The Siege of Yarmouk

How the Syrian army turned one neighbourhood near Damascus into a bombed-out wasteland

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Handover of Macau

In 1999, Macau was handed back to China after more than 400 years as a Portuguese colony

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Lord of the Flies

It鈥檚 70 years since William Golding鈥檚 acclaimed novel was published

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Creation of the UFC

In 1993, a new sport was born. Its founders called it the Ultimate Fighting Championship

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Arrested for "immorality" in South Africa

Dr Zureena Desai was arrested in South Africa for breaking the Immorality Act

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Strictly Come Dancing

Television extravaganza Strictly Come Dancing debuted in 2004 in the UK

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Thich Quang Duc: Buddhist monk who set himself on fire

In June 1963, Thich Quang Duc set himself alight in protest against the government

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The deepest man-made hole in the world

In the 1970s and 1980s, scientists in Russia managed to dig a 12,000-metre deep hole

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The end of the US HIV travel ban

In 2010, a travel and immigration ban stopping people with HIV entering the US was lifted

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The Iran-Contra Affair

In 1986, Oliver North was accused of orchestrating the illegal sale of weapons to Iran

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