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The year is 2005... Anakin turns to the dark side, YouTube makes its debut and we’re all couch-jumping for Maria, McDreamy and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo…
T minus 20, rewind to this week in history 20 years ago with Joe and Mel.
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This week is B-A-N-A-N-A-S: planes, trains and Hollaback Girls
Rewind to 24 to 30 April 2005 — where a massive plane took flight, Gwen taught us how to spell bananas and Japan's rail system suffered a shattering blow.🚄 Speed kills in Amagasaki. Japan’s famously punctual trains deraile...
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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Bali 9 busted and YouTube gets its first upload
Rewind to 17 to 23 April 2005 – when the Bali 9 are busted with 8.3kg of heroin, a teenager drove a tram like a boss and YouTube dropped its very first “like and subscribe.”🚨 Bali 9 busted.An Aussie drug smuggling op was b...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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Stormy seas & Mariah’s mic drop: Deadliest Catch premieres and Mimi reclaims her throne
Rewind to 10 to 16 April 2005, when science cloned your dog, Mariah staged a mega comeback, and Pamela Anderson worked in a bookstore (yes, really).💣 Olympic bomber finally busted.Eric Rudolph pleads guilty to the 1996 Atl...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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Holy smokes, we’ve got a new pope! Rewind to 3 April to 9 April 2005 when the Vatican signalled smoke, Baghdad signalled fury and WrestleMania went full Hollywood.
🕊 Farewell JP2. The world farewelled Pope John Paul II after 26 years in the top job. Cue one of the largest funerals in history and all eyes on a chimney as the conclave kicked off. White smoke = new pope. Enter Benedict XVI.✊ <...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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Paging McDreamy: Grey’s Anatomy (feat TV’s hottest doctor) premieres. Rewind to 27 March to 2 April 2005 where tectonic plates shifted, hearts broke and McDreamy made his swoon-worthy entrance.
🌊 Another quake, more heartbreak.Just months after the Boxing Day disaster, a massive 8.6 earthquake rocked Sumatra. Panic spread across the region but mercifully, no tsunami. Tragically, nine Australian military personnel lost their liv...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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