TIL Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor of the Chinese Ming dynasty was given a Giraffe as tribute in 1414. The animal had been transported by envoys all the way from Kenya to Bengal to Beijing

Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/peculiar-story-giraffes-medieval-china-180963737/

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