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seafloor spreading

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Schematic model of the oceanic crust, showing seafloor spreading seafloor spreading, theory of lithospheric evolution that holds that the ocean floors are spreading outward…

Utopia: Of Their Traffic

Of Their Trades, and Manner of Life Of the Travelling of the Utopians Of Their Traffic "But it is now time to explain to you the mutual intercourse of this people, their commerce, and…

Elizabeth Yates 2001 Deaths

Elizabeth YatesAge: 95 prolific author of children's books. Her book Amos Fortune, Free Man (1950), the story of an African prince who was sold into slavery in the U.S. and went on to become…

Aesop's Fables: The Man and His Two Sweethearts

by Aesop The Birds, the Beasts, and the BatThe Eagle, the Jackdaw, and the ShepherdThe Man and His Two Sweethearts A Man of middle age, whose hair was turning grey, had two Sweethearts, an…

Troy Ruttman Biography

Troy RuttmanAge: 67 became the youngest driver to win the Indianapolis 500 when he did so at the age of 22 in 1952; first raced at the Brickyard when he was 19, two years younger than the…

Henry (Smokey) Yunick 2001 Deaths

Henry (Smokey) YunickAge: 77 pioneer stock-car mechanic who worked for years out of the self-proclaimed "Best Damn Garage in Town" in Daytona Beach, Fla.; helped develop Chevrolet's original…

Only-Child

The Question: How many U.S. presidents were an only child? The Answer: Only four of this country's presidents can be considered only children…

Murillo, Bartolomé Estéban

(Encyclopedia) Murillo, Bartolomé EstébanMurillo, Bartolomé Estébanbärtōlōmāˈ āstāˈbän m&oomacr;rēˈlyō [key], 1617?–1682, Spanish religious and portrait painter. He was born in Seville, where…