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I didn鈥檛 know I was part of an experiment

When Greenlander Helene Thiesen was just seven, two Danish men came to take her away

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From teen single mother to top gourmet chef

Claudette Zepeda overcame huge hurdles to wow the culinary world with her Mexican food

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The chicken who sailed the world

Guirec Soud茅e sailed around the world with just his chicken Monique for company

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Cockroaches, mice and mouldy walls: Why I fight for better homes

Kwajo Tweneboa鈥檚 own experience inspired him to stand up for Britain's poorest tenants

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We left as kayakers and came back as dissidents

Andrzej and Jacek escaped Communist Poland on an adventure. Life would never be the same

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How a kids鈥� TV star ended up on China鈥檚 most wanted list

Uyghur Gulchehra Hoja鈥檚 heavy price for leaving China and becoming a dissident reporter

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The sport I love damaged my brain

Former rugby player Alix Popham can't remember some of his finest moments on the pitch

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An SMS changed our lives: 'Brother. do. you. love. me.'

Brothers Manni and Reuben Coe, and the text that prompted a lockdown rescue mission

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How a camera lens helped us rediscover our love

Yemeni couple Mariam and Mohammed experienced war and loss but found solace in filmmaking

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Terror below deck: How I survived a pirate hijack

The marine engineer held hostage by pirates for eight gruelling months

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Falling in love with the Tinder Swindler

Norwegian Cecilie Fjellh酶y on the fateful Tinder match that led her to bankruptcy

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How the girl who was denied an education founded her own school

As a child Ashwini Angadi was turned away from school because of her visual impairment

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Italy鈥檚 revolutionary basketball team

Massimo Antonelli set up team Tam Tam, and blazed a trail for 'foreign' kids in sport

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Eyes on the prize: Pakistan鈥檚 first trans film star

Rejected by family and society, Alina Khan carved her own path to big screen fame

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My long-distance race to making an Oscar-nominated film

The triathlete behind 'All Quiet on the Western Front'

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Michael Rosen鈥檚 stories for life: The happy, silly, and sad

Children have been captivated by Michael鈥檚 poems, but his work has also dealt with loss

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I was surfing world champion but no one knew my name

Pauline Menczer won her title in 1993 with the odds stacked against her in every way

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My dad helped me across the Olympic finish line

Derek Redmond was competing at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics when he tore his hamstring

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Miracle at Point Nemo: Rescued from the remotest spot on Earth

Isabelle Autissier was alone in the Pacific, trapped in a capsized boat

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I played violin during my brain surgery

Dagmar Turner played to prevent any damage to her violin skills.

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The Kyiv composer preserving his city鈥檚 disappearing sounds

After Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine, Oleh Shpudeiko made an album to preserve Kyiv's sound

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Discovering my grandfather鈥檚 secret Nazi past

Growing up Julie Lindahl had been forbidden from looking into her family history

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Why I help girls leave gangs

Trouble at home led Cherie Johnson to crime. Now she helps others to change their lives

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Learning about life by studying the bones of the dead

Alexa Hagerty helped uncover mass graves of the 'disappeared' in Guatemala and Argentina

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The indigenous singer-songwriter who was ahead of her time

Buffy Sainte-Marie's pioneering career included famed love songs and iconic protest songs

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A Syrian tale of two chocolate factories

Tareq Hadhad is the son of a Syrian chocolatier who rebuilt the family business after war

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Sewing to protest in a Chilean prison camp

Student Cristina Zamora found courage in creativity when she was taken from her baby

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The sound of the Arab Spring? Are you joking?

Singer Hamed Sinno reflects on the success and silencing of their band Mashrou鈥� Leila

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My secret photos of South Korea's fight for democracy

Na Kyung-taek risked his life to document a brutal military crackdown in South Korea

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At 18, I could not read, now I鈥檓 a Cambridge professor

Jason Arday was diagnosed with autism and global development delay at the age of three

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