Bi Sheng invented the movable-type printing after many years of experimentation.He engraved the characters on small pieces of clay,and heated them until they became hard movable characters.When printing a book,people placed the moveable characters...
This smile-filled interview would become his last. Two months later, along with his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and her sister Lauren Bessette, JFK Jr. died in aplane crashoff the coast of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. Also ranks #1onThe Hottest Kennedy Family Members, Ranked ...
She died when she was only 34. 【1】Lombard’s real name was Jane Alice Peters. In 1921, she was playing baseball in the street near her home.【2】She was only 13 at the time. The movie was one of the last movies without sound. 【3】. At 16, she left school to act.【4】...
(博学者) naturally do is explore a broad range of non-fiction topics. But something they tend to overlook is the knowledge they can obtain from fiction. Before Asimov fell in love with science, he was already attracted by fiction. It was his love of Greek myth and his reading of 18th ...
Old tradition has it that if teenager hunters caught a rabbit, they could be awarded (奖励) the 8 back foot in a ceremony. It welcomed them to manhood (成年) within their clan (部落). Rabbits also show up 9 other areas of Western culture. The night before Easter, kids often make ...
Many people lost their lives after a peace treaty had been signed.They would not have died if news had come in time.In the past,communication took much time than it does now. There was a good reason why the world seemed so much larger than it does today. 31. News spreads fast ...
In the centuries before they undertook long voyages overseas, the Chinese relied on foreign shipping for their imports, and foreign merchants from afar required a safe base in Indonesia before sailing on to China. This seaborne trade, regarded in China as “tributary” trade with the “emperors’...
He did not interfere with the animals, and left before they knew he was there. It is estimated that, during his lifetime, he planted enough trees to cover an area of about two hundred sixty thousand square kilometers. Over time, some adults said they remembered receiving presents from Johnn...
BEIJING, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- People from across China continued to mourn Jiang Zemin, who died on Nov. 30 in Shanghai at the age of 96. The mourners recalled the former Chinese leader's words and deeds and how the policies and measures during his time in office improved their lives. ...
Most bears usually sleep for the whole winter. Before they start to sleep, they eat a lot and become very fat. The mother bear has babies then. The babies are “blind” when they’re born. Because they can’t see anything, they have to do many things with the help of their mother....