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19-Apr-1882: The death of a hero

After decades of mysterious ailments, and a short, final illness, Charles Darwin died at 4 o’clock in the afternoon of Wednesday 19th April 1882, at Down House, Downe, in Kent.
Was Darwin a vegetarian?

Er, no he wasn’t…
12-Feb-1834: Darwin’s 25th birthday, Patagonia

How Charles Darwin spent his 25th birthday.
10-Jan-1860: Darwin to Lyell

On 10th January 1860, Charles Darwin wrote to his good friend the geologist Charles Lyell, humorously describing mankind’s ancestor.
W.B. Tegetmeier

For every giant that strides the scientific world like a colossus, there are many thousands more mini-heroes of science whose contributions are sometimes overlooked or forgotten. William Bernhardt Tegetmeier is an excellent example.
25-Dec-1833: The HMS Beagle Olympics

On Christmas Day 1833, the crew of HMS Beagle held their own ’Olympic Games’ at Port Desire in Patagonia.
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Thanks to Charles Darwin, we now have an answer to this hoary old chestnut…
Was Darwin a believer in homeopathy?

As always, don’t believe a word homeopaths tell you…
Doesn’t Evolution break the Second Law of Thermodynamics?

It would be in big trouble if it did…
Didn’t Darwin admit that the eye was too complex to have evolved?

Don’t believe the quote-miners…
Didn’t Darwin recant his theory of evolution on his deathbed, and embrace Christianity?

A lie that refuses to die…
Isn’t Evolution Only a Theory?

Less of the ‘only’, if you don’t mind…