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18 hours ago · Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants or offspring. Infanticide was a widespread practice throughout human history that was mainly used to dispose of unwanted children,: 61 its main purpose being the prevention of resources being spent on weak or disabled offspring.
18 hours ago · Greek writers were the founding writers of many other fields of knowledge. Herodotus and Thucydides writing during the fifth century BCE in Athens are considered the founders of history, transforming genealogy and mythic accounts into systematic investigations of events. Thucydides developed a more critical, neutral history through the ...
18 hours ago · 1817–1837. The University of Michigan was established on August 26, 1817, as Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania, under an act of the Michigan Territory.The corporate existence of the university had its rise in the Act of 1817, and has been continuous throughout all subsequent changes of its organic law.
18 hours ago · Robert McCloskey (1914–2003) – Make Way for Ducklings, Time of Wonder, Blueberries for Sal; Eloise McGraw (1915–2000) – The Golden Goblet, The Moorchild, The Rundelstone of Oz; Lauren Lynn McGraw (1915–2000) – Merry Go Round in Oz; Lurline Wailana McGregor (fl. 2008) – Between the Deep Blue Sea and Me
18 hours ago · We Can't Ever Do This Again, The Woods: A Year on Protection Island, The Running Trees, This Is a Stickup: Sylvia McNicoll: 1954 Florence McNeil: 1932 2013 poet, playwright Overlanders, Barkerville, Emily, Miss P. and Me: Marie McPhedran: 1904 1974 novelist Cargoes on the Great Lakes: Christopher Meades: 1974 novelist, short stories
18 hours ago · A little less than 400 lunar distances make up an astronomical unit. Siriometer. The siriometer is an obsolete astronomical measure equal to one million astronomical units, i.e., one million times the average distance between the Sun and Earth.
