Ten colourful new stamps go on sale today to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of On the Origin of Species. The Royal Mail's new stamps commemorate Darwin and the areas of study which inspired his ideas on evolution: zoology, botany, geology, ornithology and …
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Never again. Never, ever. You couldn't make me do it again if you paid me, held a gun to my head or tied me up and tickled my knees. More: continued here
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