1. Attractions in Darwin Many have heard about the famous naturalist Charles Darwin, who laid the foundations of the modern theory of evolution. But today, celebrating the bicentenary of his birth,we are not going to talk about that, but the curiosity about her life.

2. Darwin loved to try everything in life, including food. What led him to join the Gourmet Club at the University, where he tried all kinds of foods, including meat hawk and owl, among others.

3. His father forced him to study medicine, but not because they do not stand over the blood.

4. Robert Fitz Roy, captain of the Beagle, was on the verge of rejecting his boat in Darwin due to the form that had its nose. As he believed that the nose had to Darwin, was not able to have determination to undertake the journey.

5. Charles Darwin has 4 mountains with his name, one in California, one in Tasmania, one in Antarctica, the last in Tierra del Fuego, this was a gift of Fitz Roy.

6. "The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life" was the original title of his most famous work. After its 6th edition the name was shortened to "The Origin of Species." I believe that no one could remember a name that long.

7. Quote: "The survival of the fittest" was invented by Herbert Spencer, not by Charles Darwin.

8. He married his cousin after making a list of pros and cons of marriage.

9. Lost his faith when his daughter died, just 10 years.

10. He was a fan of Backgammon.

11. Two centuries after his birth, after he suffered the fierce attacks by the religious of the time, the Church of England (Anglican) recently called for an apology to Charles Darwin for "misunderstood"