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Manchester City’s inflatable banana craze
How City fans tried to bring back a bit of fun to the terraces in the late 1980s
Declaring chimpanzees an endangered species
In 1990, human’s closest living relatives were declared endangered for the first time
When Dian Fossey was murdered
American gorilla expert Dian Fossey was murdered in 1985 in the mountains of Rwanda
Washoe: The chimp who learnt to sign
By 1970 Washoe the chimp was thought to be the first non-human to learn a human language
Harry Harlow's monkey attachment studies
Harry Harlow's controversial monkey tests in the 1950s transformed ideas on attachment
The first monkeys to survive space travel
On 28 May 1959, the USA sent two monkeys into space and brought them back alive.
The most successful Paralympian in history
Trischa Zorn-Hudson has won 55 Paralympic medals
The boy behind the creation of the Winnie-the-Pooh books
In 1926, the first Winnie-the-Pooh book was published, inspired by a young boy's toys
How rats were trained to clear landmines
In 2004, the world's first team of rats were cleared to be used in demining operations
The mirrors that lit up a dark Norwegian town
In 2013, Rjukan saw winter sunshine for the first time – thanks to an unusual invention
