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Hamilton: Overcoming hearing loss to make its music

Alex Lacamoire collaborated with Lin-Manuel Miranda to create the epic sound of Hamilton

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Kidnapped by Nazis as a baby

Ingrid Von Oelhafen discovered she'd been part of an experiment during World War II

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The shocking truth about my three dads

DNA tests revealed that Eve Wiley's biological father was not the man she thought

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The tip-off and the 30-year treasure hunt

A story told over drinks in the 1980s set two metal detectorists on a very long hunt

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A quizmaster鈥檚 accidental route to fame

How quizmaster Jay Flynn started the UK's most in-demand pub quiz by accident

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A mother's battle for her son's education

At risk of losing her son Virginia Walden Ford fought to change the US education system.

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The factory worker who became Chile's first blind senator

How a tear gas cannister changed the course of Fabiola Campillai鈥檚 life

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Looking for the Liberian sister I left behind

Civil war separated Helene Cooper from her sister. Years later she went back to find her

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The Sami vocalist taking joik to a new generation

Singer Maxida M盲rak uses Sami traditional song, called joik, to reach new audiences

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I sailed the oceans in a Scientology jazz band

Neil Sarfati toured on board a ship with Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard

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The twists and turns of the Rubik's Cube

Meet champion cuber Feliks Zemdegs, and the inventor behind the puzzle Erno Rubik

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Family and forgiveness, the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Celebrating the life of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu with an interview he did in 2014

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Love on the dance floor: The refugees reunited in ballroom

Paul & Millie Cao first danced together in 1970s Vietnam, now they're competing in the US

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Caring for my mum and the secrets of her sickness

After a lifetime of caring for her ill mother Helen Naylor began to ask was it all a lie?

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The freediver who found salvation underwater

Alenka Artnik overcame grief and pain to become a world champion freediver

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How Superman saved my life

Screenwriter Joe Straczynski wished for a hero to rescue him from his abusive childhood

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The girl who acted before Rosa Parks

Claudette Colvin, for decades an unsung hero of the US civil rights movement

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Solving the puzzle: Crosswords, anorexia, and me

How Anna Shechtman recovered from anorexia and changed the world of crosswords

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Anne Frank鈥檚 stepsister: How I survived Auschwitz, part 1

The extraordinary Holocaust testimony of Eva Schloss and her memories of Anne Frank

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Anne Frank鈥檚 stepsister: How I survived Auschwitz, part 2

How Anne Frank鈥檚 diary led Eva Schloss to find her brother鈥檚 hidden Holocaust paintings

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Dynamo: Turning illness into magic

Crohn's disease has hampered the world-famous magician all his life

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My love affair with the instrument that reminds me of home

Syrian virtuoso musician Maya Youssef fell in love with the qanun as a child

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The crumbling old house that hid a treasure trove of art

It was a tiny, dilapidated cottage but inside the garage was something truly remarkable

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Mafia, a murder cover-up and a sister鈥檚 battle for justice

Who was behind Perween Rahman鈥檚 murder? Her sister was determined to uncover the truth

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How books helped me bond with my captors

Mar铆a Antonia Garc茅s was a hostage in Colombia. Her love of literature helped her survive

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The Cuban aristocrat with a revolutionary secret

Natalia Bolivar, a rich socialite, used her high class status to help topple a dictator

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The first African in Greenland

It took T茅t茅-Michel Kpomassie eight years to reach the Arctic from his home in Togo

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The refugee pilot who helped Afghans flee the Taliban

Zak Khogyani was forced to flee his home. Now he's helping others in the same position

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Gaming with Tourette鈥檚: Sweet Anita鈥檚 success story

Sweet Anita overcame loneliness and isolation to become a famous gamer online

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The artist who started out drawing war as a child refugee

Petrit Halilaj was just 13 years old when his drawings were beamed all over the world

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