Facepalm.

I read the following sentence during World History today:

"Female children normally did not receive an education, and in times of scarcity when food was in short supply, daughters might even be put to death." (Dukier & Splievogel)

First thought: "They were eating their daughters?!?"

On second thought: "...Oh, they killed them so they had fewer mouths to feed. I get it. Meanies."

So...basically, for two seconds, I thought people in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were cannibals.