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Plastics in oceans
In 1971 Edward Carpenter discovered plastic floating about in the Atlantic Ocean
Pussy Riot鈥檚 cathedral protest
In 2012, a punk protest took place in one of Moscow's main cathedrals
The man Pinochet wanted dead
In 1973, Miguel Enriquez led resistance against the dictatorship in Chile
When America banned silicone breast implants
In 1992, the US Government suspended all procedures involving silicone breast implants
Arctic African
T茅t茅-Michel Kpomassie, ran away from his village in Togo and went to live in Greenland.
One team in Tallinn
In 1996, Scotland played in a football match where the opposition hadn't turned up
The birth of the Slow Food Movement
In 1986, protests against McDonalds in Rome led to an anti-fast food revolution.
Inventing instant noodles
In 1958 Japanese entrepreneur, Momofuku Ando, invented instant noodles
Malta's bread strike
In February 1977 the bakers of Malta went on an unprecedented strike
Inventing Chicken Manchurian
Chef Nelson Wang created Chicken Manchurian in 1975
