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10 hours ago · Li Si was a Chinese politician, writer, and calligrapher from the Qin dynasty in 280 BC. He was the inventor of the Five Pains punishment, which was a series of physical tortures mandated by the legal system. They involved tattooing, cutting off the nose, amputating the feet, castration, and then death.
10 hours ago · In 1910, Gustav Otto founded Otto Flugmaschinenfabrik, a pioneering German aircraft manufacturer. In 1916 the firm was reorganized into Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW).
10 hours ago · The United States first competed in boxing in 1904. The sport made its Olympic debut that year. Jack Egan originally won the silver medal in the lightweight competition and the bronze medal in the welterweight competition. Later, it was discovered that his real name was Frank Joseph Floyd, whereas AAU rules made it illegal to fight under an ...
10 hours ago · Abd-ul-Aziz, however, with the aid of British naval officers, succeeded in creating an imposing fleet of ironclads constructed in English and French yards. Sultan Abd-ul-Hamid, on the other hand, pursued a settled policy of reducing the fleet to impotency, owing to his fear that it might turn against him as it had turned against Abd-ul-Aziz.
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10 hours ago · Mark Peter Gertruda Andreas van Bommel ( Maasbracht, 22 aprile 1977) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore olandese, tecnico dell' Anversa. Dal 2010 al 2012 è stato capitano della nazionale olandese, con la quale ha partecipato a due campionati mondiali e un campionato europeo .
10 hours ago · Umeå ( info) ( umemål [ʉ̂ːm], finska Uumaja, umesamiska Ubmeje[ 6], sydsamiska Upmeje) [ 7] är en tätort i Västerbotten. Umeå är centralort i Umeå kommun, residensstad i Västerbottens län och sedan 1965 universitetsstad – Umeå universitet var hösten 2022 landets sjätte största med 22 598 registrerade studenter .
10 hours ago · Portaal. Olympische Spelen. Polen nam deel aan de Olympische Zomerspelen 1972 in München, West-Duitsland. Er werden 7 gouden medailles behaald, samen met de Spelen in 1964, 1976 en 1996 was dit het hoogste aantal gouden medailles.
