I completely forgot to post a Happy Darwin Day message on Saturday. Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809. That was also the same day that Abraham Lincoln was born (though there is some dispute over that, I guess). More importantly, February 12th is also the birthday of Brent Rasmussen's wife. Brent said he was going to celebrate her birthday by "performing dramatic interpretations of excerpts from Origin Of Species", which is both unorthodox and likely to land him in the doghouse. Brent, I suggest flowers are more appropriate, and if you want a Darwin connection to them, just make them orchids. You can thank me later.
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Feb. 12, 1809 was the day on which both Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born. Though we now celebrate Lincoln's birthday on President's Day, Feb. 12th is still referred to as Darwin Day and celebrated around the world. This Sunday, it will be celebrated in churches as well. The same folks…
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Charles Darwin was born Feb. 12, 1809. With the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859, Darwin took his place alongside the likes of Copernicus, Newton, Kepler and (later) Einstein as the greatest of the great scientific thinkers. His place in that pantheon is secured by the fact that, 150…