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1 day ago · Background Creation of the fleet Painting of the Yongle Emperor, dated to the Ming dynasty (National Palace Museum) In Ming China on 7 July 1402, Zhu Di, the Prince of Yan, ascended the throne as the Yongle Emperor. He inherited a powerful navy from his father, the Hongwu Emperor, and further developed it as an instrument for an expansive overseas policy. The Taizong Shilu contains 24 short ...
- [Voyages of] Zheng He down the Western Ocean
- 鄭和下西洋
- 郑和下西洋
1 day ago · US$5 million [2] 1st: $3.1 million. The Kentucky Derby ( / ˈdɜːrbi /) is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of 1+1⁄4 miles (10 furlongs; 2,012 metres). Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds (57 kilograms) and fillies 121 pounds (55 ...
2 hours ago · The only two mammals in the world that lay eggs are found in Australia – the echidna and platypus. Before the arrival of humans, Australia was home to megafauna, three-metre tall kangaroos, seven-metre long goanna's, horse-sized ducks and a marsupial lion the size of a leopard. Both kangaroos and emus lack the ability to walk backwards.
1 day ago · Belgium is a constitutional, popular monarchy and a federal parliamentary democracy. The bicameral federal parliament is composed of a Senate and a Chamber of Representatives. The former is made up of 50 senators appointed by the parliaments of the communities and regions and 10 co-opted senators.
1 day ago · Hirohito [a] (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), posthumously honored as Emperor Shōwa, [b] was the 124th emperor of Japan, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989. He was one of the longest-reigning monarchs in the world, with his reign of 62 years being the longest of any Japanese emperor. Hirohito was born in Aoyama, Tokyo, during the ...
- 25 December 1926 – 7 January 1989
- Emperor Taishō
- 24 February 1989, Musashi Imperial Graveyard, Hachiōji, Tokyo
- Sadako Kujō
1 day ago · Satellite image of the reactor and surrounding area in April 2009. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation [a] is an officially designated exclusion zone around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster. [5] : p.4–5 : p.49f.3 It is also commonly known as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, the 30-Kilometre Zone, or simply The ...
1 day ago · The 38-year old was home alone placing wet laundry on a clothes horse, a type of drying rack, when he accidentally tripped over a small stool and fell backwards into the rack, trapping himself. Authorities state it appears he attempted to free himself, but the struggle only caused the rungs to tighten around his chest and neck even more.
