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Tag Archives: evolution
January 31, 1983
On January 31, 1983, Great Britain enacted a new law to help reduce driving deaths. All drivers and front-seat passengers were required to wear seatbelts. Libertarians worldwide decry this new law and claim that Britain was trying to… Continue reading
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Tagged cars, evolution, Great Britain, Lamarck, laws, libertarians, nanny-state, seatbelts
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October 19, 1,450,000,002 BCE
On October 19, 1,450,000,002 BCE, the first single cell organism evolved a mitochondria. The rest of the single cell organisms sniffed and one of them, Steve, said, “Isn’t that just like Sharon, always trying something new. SHE… Continue reading
July 1, 1858
On July 1, 1858, a joint reading of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace’s papers on evolution was given to the Linnean Society in London, England. They all agreed that the papers and research were well thought out and… Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, England, evolution, Linnean Society, London
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March 21, 1925
On March 21, 1925, the state of Tennessee enacted the Butler Act. This law made it a crime for any teacher in any state-supported public school, including colleges and universities, to teach any theory that was in contradiction to the Bible’s account of man’s creation. This was not the first time, nor would it be … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, Bible, Butler Act, christians, evolution, Georgia, Sharia law, Tennessee
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October 16, 1925
On October 16, 1925, the Texas School Board prohibited the teaching of evolution. Board members were angry that highly educated and intelligent scientists would insist that magic was not real and that miracles did not occur. That the world was older than 7,000 years old. They put their fingers in their ears and shouted “Not … Continue reading
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Tagged chim-chim, evolution, Neanderthals, Texas, Texas School Board
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June 10, 1925
On June 10, 1925, the state of Tennessee adopted a new biology textbook that denied that the Theory of Evolution was real. This happened because the state of Tennessee passed the Butler Act in March 1925 and it forbid public school teachers from denying the Biblical account of mankind’s origin and prohibited the teaching of … Continue reading
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Tagged creationism, evolution, idiots, Satan, Tennessee, Texas
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May 5, 1925
On May 5, 1925, John T. Scopes, a biology teacher in Dayton, Tennessee was arrested for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution. A crowd of angry humans and chimps gathered around the jail, where he was incarcerated and many of them carried signs that said, “No hoomans in my family tree”, “On the sixth day, God … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, Dayton, evolution, John T Scopes, stoopid people, teachers, Tennessee
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January 5, 1956
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1956, Snoopy of Peanuts fame walked on two legs for the first time, proving once and for all that evolution was a fact. The John Birch Society immediately branded Charles Schultz a communist and Satan worshipper, as the dog would dance (a sin), drink rootbeer (a sin), kiss girls … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged cartoon animals, Charles Schultz, dogs, evolution, John Birch Society, Lamarckism, Peanuts, sins, Snoopy, Tennessee
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October 16, 1925
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1925, the Texas School Board prohibited the teaching of evolution. Chim-Chim, the talking chimpanzee, hailed the school board’s decision, as he explained that weren’t any humans in his family’s woodpile. Chim-Chim was quietly asked by the Texas School Board to stop helping them.
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Tagged chim-chim, evolution, people acting dumber than apes, Texas
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