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The Four Pests Campaign is representative of many of the overarching themes of Mao's Great Leap Forward. In order to expedite China's industrialization, and to achieve a socialist utopia, Mao sought to utilize China's natural and human resources. In this future utopia, cleanliness and hygiene would be critical. [13]
Little Pete (c. 1864 – January 23, 1897) was a prominent leader of the Som Yop Tong during the Tong wars of San Francisco's Chinatown in the 1890s.. Born Fung Jing Toy (Chinese: 馮正初; Jyutping: fung4 zing3 co1; pinyin: Féng Zhèngchū) in Kow Kong, Foshan city, Canton, China, around 1864, Little Pete emigrated to the United States with his family at the age of five in 1870.
They are large, black-and-white or completely black, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have colored inflatable throat pouches. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week.
Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes (Little & Big) is a 1998 compilation album by Pete Seeger and was released on Smithsonian Folkways as SFW45039. This collection is a compilation of 28 songs and stories about animals that Pete Seeger released in 1955 on two short Folkways Records LPs: Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Little Fishes (Folkways FC 7610) and Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Bigger Fishes (Folkways FC 7611).
The marabou stork is a massive bird: large specimens are thought to reach a height of 152 centimetres (5 feet) and a weight of 9 kg (20 lb). [8] [9] A wingspan of 3.7 m (12 ft) was accepted by Fisher and Peterson, who ranked the species as having the largest wing-spread of any living bird. Even higher measurements of up to 4.06 m (13.3 ft) have ...
In the last recorded moments before the 13-year-old boy's death, surveillance cameras showed him sitting on a scooter, surrounded by three classmates. The following day, police in a village in ...
'Winning Time' Season 2 Episode 3 follows the story of Larry Bird's dad, Joe Bird, and how his death changed Larry's life forever. Here's the tragic true story.
Pesto the baby penguin is big both online — where his viral fame is growing to Moo Deng levels of excitement — and in stature.. The 9-month-old King Penguin's impressive size has attracted ...