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  2. 536 - Wikipedia

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    Year 536 (Roman numerals: DXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.At the time, it was known as the Year after the Consulship of Belisarius.. In 2018, medieval scholar Michael McCormick nominated 536 as "the worst year to be alive" because of the volcanic winter of 536 caused by a volcanic eruption early in the year, causing average temperatures in Europe and China to ...

  3. Volcanic winter of 536 - Wikipedia

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    Volcanic winter of 536. Tombstone in the chapel of Filippo e Giacomo, Nosedo, dated to AD 536 (the second year after the consulship of Decius Paulinus). The volcanic winter of 536 was the most severe and protracted episode of climatic cooling in the Northern Hemisphere in the last 2,000 years. [1] The volcanic winter was caused by at least ...

  4. NGC 536 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 536 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Andromeda. It is located at a distance of circa 200 million light-years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 536 is about 180,000 light years across. [ 1 ]

  5. International Numbering System for Food Additives - Wikipedia

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    The International Numbering System for Food Additives (INS) is an international naming system for food additives, aimed at providing a short designation of what may be a lengthy actual name. [1] It is defined by Codex Alimentarius, the international food standards organisation of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture ...

  6. Zichan - Wikipedia

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    [Zichan's] most remarkable act was placing a caldron inscribed with Zheng's legal codes in a public place in 536". Judging by the fierce reaction generated, Zichan's action must have been considered "sensational at the time". [169] A law whose text was available to those subject to it, would work to foster their awareness of proper civic conduct.

  7. Traditional Chinese law - Wikipedia

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    For example, at least two codifications from the state of Zheng survive, from 536 BC and 504 BC – the first on cauldrons and the second on bamboo. Additionally, other notable codes include the codes of Wei, drafted by Li Kui. Such codification was part of the process by which rulers attempted to make the central administration of the state ...

  8. 500 (number) - Wikipedia

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    536 = 2 3 × 67. It is: the number of ways to arrange the pieces of the ostomachion into a square, not counting rotation or reflection. the number of 1's in all partitions of 23 into odd parts [43] a refactorable number. [11] the lowest happy number beginning with the digit 5.

  9. World Area Codes - Wikipedia

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    Area is now under WAC 802. Beginning in 1950, Palau was assigned WAC 809. In 1990, Palau became part of the US Pacific Trust and Possessions under WAC 005. In October 1994, Palau gained independence and was assigned WAC 854. Independence (from Portugal): November 28, 1975.