This would explain the moon's strange half-black, half-white appearance, first noted by Giovanni Cassini in the late seventeenth century.

这能解释这个卫星奇异的半白半黑的外貌，17世纪乔凡尼·卡西尼首先注意到这点。

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Climate also seems to have played a role in the epidemic of Black Death, which killed about half the population of Central Europe by 1347.

到1347年为止，黑死病差不多夺去了中部欧洲一半人口的生命，而气候似乎也在这一疾病的蔓延过程中发挥了作用。

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A ray fell on his features; the cheeks were sallow, and half covered with black whiskers; the brows lowering, the eyes deep set and singular.

一道光线照在他的脸上：两颊苍白，一半为黑胡须所盖，眉头低耸，眼睛深陷而且很特别。

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The group Defenders of Wildlife describes black bears as between a half-meter and three fourths of a meter at the shoulders.

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Marvel Comics has unveiled a new half-black, half-Latino Spider-Man, who replaces the recently killed-off Peter Parker.

BBC: Marvel Comics introduces mixed-race Spider-Man

Most reaction, however, has been pinned to a singular detail: Morales is a half-black and half-Latino character, not white like Peter Parker.

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There was one problem: Alex is half-black.

CNN: A mixed-race romance, a family rift