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FUN FACTS
  1. Charles Darwin dropped out of the first college he attended. He found lectures and studying boring. (We relate to you there, Darwin!)
  2. Charles Darwin married his first cousin. (Can't say we approve of that one, Chuck.)
  3. In addition to being a famous evolutionary scientist, Charles Darwin was also an accomplished geologist. (That's right, Darwin Rocks!)
  4. Charles Darwin shares a birthday with US President Abraham Lincoln. (Coincidence? We think so.)
  5. 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!)
  6. 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!)