FUN FACTS
- Charles Darwin dropped out of the first college he attended. He found lectures and studying boring. (We relate to you there, Darwin!)
- Charles Darwin married his first cousin. (Can't say we approve of that one, Chuck.)
- In addition to being a famous evolutionary scientist, Charles Darwin was also an accomplished geologist. (That's right, Darwin Rocks!)
- Charles Darwin shares a birthday with US President Abraham Lincoln. (Coincidence? We think so.)
- Charles Darwin loved chemistry in school so much that his classmates nicknamed him "Gas" because he loved collecting and experimenting with gasses. (What a Gas!)
- Darwin’s pet tortoise, Harriet, lived to be 175 years old, and died in 2006, which was 124 years after the death of Darwin himself. (Way to go, Harriet!)