The Leaning Tower of Pisa is one of the most famous landmarks in the world and has been a source of fascination for centuries. However, it w

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#06 Science in History 3rd December 1967 It’s 1967 and in Cape Town, South Africa, Louis Washkansky becomes the first recipient of a...

Darwin's On the Origin of Species is published, 24th November 1859.

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#01 Science in History 5th May 1925 In Tennessee, USA, football coach and sometime substitute teacher John T. Scopes is arrested for...