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Rewind to 25 September to 1 October 2005 — when emo kids were discovering top hats, Fergie was making “lady lumps” a phrase and Bali gets hit by bombings again.

🪖 Abu Ghraib’s dark shadow
Lynndie England was found guilty in a military court for her role in the prisoner abuse scandal. The photos had already shocked the world, but her conviction cemented her as the face of the U.S. military’s biggest disgrace of the era.

💣 Bali bombings again
Three suicide bombers struck tourist hubs in Jimbaran and Kuta, killing 20 and injuring over 100. Just three years after the 2002 bombings, it was another gut-punch for Indonesia’s holiday island and for Australian tourists in particular.

🏎️ Alonso makes history
24-year-old Fernando Alonso finished 3rd in Brazil but still clinched the Formula 1 World Championship — ending Schumacher’s five-year reign. Cue a new era of young guns in F1.

🍑 My lovely lady lumps
Love it or loathe it, the Peas’ “My Humps” dropped this week. Critics said dumb, clubs said pump it and suddenly the world had to live with Fergie saying “lumps” on repeat.

🎩 Panic! storms in
Las Vegas misfits Panic! at the Disco released their debut A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out. Half synthy chaos, half cabaret melodrama, it made eyeliner, top hats and long song titles peak mid-2000s fashion.

✈️ Jodie Foster loses a kid mid-flight
Thriller Flightplan had everyone glued to their armrests. Was Jodie losing it, or was there really a conspiracy? Audiences lapped it up, critics less so.

📺 50 years, 50 shows
Australia celebrated half a century of television with a primetime countdown. Neighbours topped the list, proving Ramsay Street still reigned supreme.

📚 Clive Cussler goes off the rails
Polar Shift hit shelves, promising earth-shattering thrills. Reviews ranged from “fun ride” to “physics says nope” to “LOL funniest audiobook ever” — so, peak Cussler.

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