The first laughter club started in Mumbai in 1995, and it turned out to be contagious. 😆 😂 More from Witness History: bbc.in/3OD1Sgx

🌹 Congrats to this year’s Rose of Tralee ! 🎉 🇮🇪 The festival, which is one of the oldest and largest in Ireland, started in 1959 🌎 👑 I spoke to the first #roseoftralee to be crowned, Alice O’Sullivan, for the BBC World Service ✨ 📻 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

In June 2000, leaders from North and South Korea met for the first time since the Korean War. It was a big moment for the divided nation. Witness History 🎧 bbc.in/3EeyDf8

On this day, 50 years ago, American heartthrobs The Osmonds were met by hysterical crowds when their plane touched down in London. Hear Donny Osmond's memories of when "Osmond-mania" swept the UK 🎧 bbc.in/48YCjjl

#TheInquiry BBC World Service asks what US foreign policy can achieve in the Middle East. Gary O'Donoghue with experts Brian Katulis Steven A. Cook Emma Ashford and David Sanger bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

In 2013, a small environmental protest began in Istanbul’s Gezi Park. Actor and activist Memet Ali Alabora recalls how one social media post not only changed his life, but led to widespread civil unrest across Turkey. bbc.in/3Qws0Me

This is the last of hundreds of entries in the Listening Project visitors book. A project powered by BBC Local Radio. I know the BBC has many calls on its money but the cuts in LR are savage and that local hug that the stations give their listeners will be missed. #BBCLocalRadio

In 1978, British showbiz star Debbie McGee was a dancer with the Iranian National Ballet Company. She found herself caught up in the start of the Iranian revolution. Here's how she escaped ⬇️ bbc.in/49CDJR0

“He didn't just wind up fixing things, he wound up indirectly fixing people." Engineer Sheldon Kaplan was the lead inventor of the EpiPen but was never recognised for it in his lifetime. Thanks to M Kaplan for talking to me about his amazing dad. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

National finals again! An outstanding achievement by the AGSB Head Master Senior Hockey Squad!👏🙏

Do you have a best pal who's totally different to you? When baby hippo Owen struck up an unlikely friendship with elderly tortoise Mzee - the pair gained worldwide fame. ❤️ 🐢 🦛 Hear more on Witness History bbc.in/3G2PdPV

This collection of 10,000 human brains is thought to be the largest of its kind in the world. Whilst used for important research, they were collected without consent from patients who died in Denmark's psychiatric institutions up until the 1980s 🎧 bbc.in/4a9mGpJ

Witness History on the World Service is a brilliant podcast that gets no publicity at all. Short episodes about the Nazis, the first Labradoodle, Debbie McGee’s role in the Iranian revolution….

Thank you eva pascoe for bring a brilliant guest.

What a game! AGSB come, from 0-2 down to run out 4-3 winners! National finals here we come. Well done all involved #agsbsport 🟢🔴⚫️🏑

On 18 April 2014, an avalanche on Mount Everest killed 16 Nepali mountain guides. It was one of the deadliest days in Everest's history. Hear more on Witness History 🎧 bbc.in/3JpiqXa

In 1992, a photograph of Princess Diana alone on a bench in front of the Taj Mahal became one of the most famous photos in the world. Anwar Hussein was the photographer and tells Gill Kearsley how he captured the moment bbc.in/3wxZylV

The Estonia ferry disaster 🎧 Hear the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. bbc.in/3U8HIyH

There are people who can contact astronauts on the space station from their own home! 🧑‍🚀 Amateur radio enthusiast Maggie Iaquinto was one of them. She was the first person to speak to a cosmonaut on the Mir Space Station in 1990 🎧 bbc.in/4eCPIiY

Did you know Back to the Future's iconic time-travelling DeLorean was nearly a fridge? 🤯 It's been 40 years since high school student Marty McFly was accidentally sent into the past by his friend, Doc Brown, in a car. But it could have been a very different film and almost