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Today is Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday. Let us celebrate in this British gentleman’s honor and prove that evolution has selected men and women to enjoy alcohol.
From Wikipedia (in case you seriously have been living in a cave for the last 150 years):
Charles Robert Darwin FRS (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist who realised and demonstrated that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors through the process he called natural selection. The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the scientific community and much of the general public in his lifetime, while his theory of natural selection came to be widely seen as the primary explanation of the process of evolution in the 1930s, and now forms the basis of modern evolutionary theory. In modified form, Darwin’s scientific discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences, providing logical explanation for the diversity of life.
At Edinburgh University Darwin neglected medical studies to investigate marine invertebrates, then the University of Cambridge encouraged a passion for natural science. His five-year voyage on HMS Beagle established him as an eminent geologist whose observations and theories supported Charles Lyell’s uniformitarian ideas, and publication of his journal of the voyage made him famous as a popular author. Puzzled by the geographical distribution of wildlife and fossils he collected on the voyage, Darwin investigated the transmutation of species and conceived his theory of natural selection in 1838. Although he discussed his ideas with several naturalists, he needed time for extensive research and his geological work had priority. He was writing up his theory in 1858 when Alfred Russel Wallace sent him an essay which described the same idea, prompting immediate joint publication of both of their theories.
His 1859 book On the Origin of Species established evolutionary descent with modification as the dominant scientific explanation of diversification in nature. He examined human evolution and sexual selection in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, followed by The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. His research on plants was published in a series of books, and in his final book, he examined earthworms and their effect on soil.
In recognition of Darwin’s pre-eminence, he was one of only five 19th-century UK non-royal personages to be honoured by a state funeral, and was buried in Westminster Abbey, close to John Herschel and Isaac Newton.
Related: YouTube video of a British man explaining how old the earth is and making fun of creationists. It is related because the man is British.
Instead of Friday Funnies this week, we bring you our picks for the best Superbowl Ads of 2009. Here they are in almost no particular order:
Best commercial: Hulu.com: Hulu is one of our favorite things. So is Alec Baldwin. So completely random…
Coca-Cola: We don’t know WTF is up with the “avatars” but it looks cool.
Coca-Cola Insect heist: Just genius and great special effects.
Pepsi: A similar theme to the above Audi commercial with good music. Stay Forever Young with Pepsi? Something about that doesn’t sound right, but just shut up, drink some sugar, and enjoy. (Watch out for Gumbi!)
Pepsi Max: Just because it’s in a black can and labeled “for men”, it makes me want to buy it.
Bud Light Lime Sphere of Summer: Good concept.
Miller High Life: 1-Second Ad
Audi: The Transporter drives an Audi
Hyundai: Just so random, we had to include it. “It’s Hyundai, like Sunday.” Why not just spell it Hunday then?
Cars.com: We don’t think David Abernathy is a real person, but the ad is just touching.
CareerBuilder.com: We are usually not into retarded commercials, but this one made us laugh.
AshleyMadison.com: Bad blind date?
Angels & Demons Trailer: Good book. We are looking forward to the action it looks like this movie will hold.
GE: Maybe their stock price is so low because they waste all their money making awesome commercials. “If I only had a brain…”
Worst commercial of the Superbowl: Doritos
Runner-up worst commercial of the Superbowl: Cash4Gold
Related: Click here to see all the Superbowl ads on Youtube.
This past Sunday, Comcast in Arizona mistakenly showed a 30-second clip of a porn video to its viewers watching the Superbowl in analogue TV. The video is below, but is is definitely NSFW and contains a little too much penis.
Related: Following is the video from Janette Jackson and Justin Timberlack’s waldrobe malfunction:
If you feel suddenly politically inclined after seeing President Obama’s speech yesterday, here is a quick collection of inauguration videos from the past:
Theodore Roosevelt (March 4, 1905)
Woodrow Wilson’s Second (March 4, 1917)
Warren G. Harding (March 4, 1921)
Calvin Coolidge (March 4, 1925)
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s First (March 4, 1933)
Frank lin D. Roosevelt’s Fourth (January 20, 1945)
Harry S. Truman (January 20, 1949)
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s First (January 20, 1953)
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Second (January 20, 1957)
John F. Kennedy – (part 2) (January 20, 1961)
Lyndon B. Johnson (January 20, 1965)
Richard M. Nixon’s First (January 20, 1969)
Richard M. Nixon’s Second (January 20, 1973)
Jimmy Carter (January 20, 1977)
Ronald Reagan’s First (January 20, 1981)
Ronald Reagan’s Second (January 20, 1985)
George H. W. Bush (January 20, 1989)
Bill Clinton’s First (January 20, 1993)
Bill Clinton’s Second (January 20, 1997)
George W. Bush’s First (January 20, 2001)
George W. Bush’s Second (January 20, 2005)
Barack Obama’s First (January 20, 2009): Part 1, Part 2
You can catch many of these videos on Hulu.com in case any of the above stop working. Also, all the speeches since George Washington are located on Bartleby in text form.
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