Darwin was visiting a family when the children decided to play a prank on him.  They glued together parts of a butterfly, a beetle, a centipede, and a grasshopper.  They eagerly brought the specimen to him for him to identify it.  Darwin:  “Did you hear it humming?”  Grinning, the kids nodded yes.  Darwin:  “It’s a humbug.”

                –  Fuller 198

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Anonymous · February 19, 2024 at 10:51 am

this is a very short paragraph on this and I found a paragraph of it in my kannada (indian language) textbook

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