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April 14, 1984

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1984 the Texas Board of Education required that the state’s public school textbooks describe the evolution of human beings as “theory rather than fact”. Chim-Chim the Talking Chimpanzee was instrumental in helping the politically motivated religious of Texas in inserting this into the Texas schoolbooks. As Chim-Chim was quoted … Continue reading

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February 15, 1985

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1985 the Center for Disease Control reported that more than half of all nine-year-olds in the U.S. showed no sign of tooth decay. The CDC said this was proof that fluoridation was working. Other groups against fluoridation claimed that the decrease in tooth decay in the US was part … Continue reading

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November 14,

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1908 Albert Einstein presented his quantum theory of light in which he stated that light actually exists as tiny particles which he named photons. He also proposed the very shocking idea that the entire universe was built out of tiny, discrete chunks of energy and matter. William Reed, author … Continue reading

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