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title: "5 Things You May Not Know About Charles Darwin"  
description: "The story of Darwin's discovery of the theory of evolution is one we are all familiar with. Here's 5 things you may not know about Charles Darwin"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-11-05  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1496/5-things-you-may-not-know-about-charles-darwin  
category: "history"  
tags: ["Darwin", "Charles Darwin", "evolution theory", "Darwin's theory", "facts", "darwin facts"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# 5 Things You May Not Know About Charles Darwin

![5 Things You May Not Know About Charles Darwin](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/3a859343-cb67-44fd-a8f5-9d32df2bf61c/images/04f2b957-6a04-4b20-92cf-dddd45a43a06.jpeg) ![5 Things You May Not Know About Charles Darwin](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/3a859343-cb67-44fd-a8f5-9d32df2bf61c/images/56446065-52d8-4db6-8ebf-f50196fbe0a3.jpeg) 1. Darwin dropped out of medical school. ![5 Things You May Not Know About Charles Darwin](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/3a859343-cb67-44fd-a8f5-9d32df2bf61c/images/c18095bf-bdea-40e0-b7ba-52779060a967.jpeg) 2. He had an appreciation for unusual food ![5 Things You May Not Know About Charles Darwin](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/3a859343-cb67-44fd-a8f5-9d32df2bf61c/images/f04391ee-9cdc-4d76-9406-46931d641600.jpeg) 3. There is a mountain named after Charles Darwin. ![5 Things You May Not Know About Charles Darwin](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/3a859343-cb67-44fd-a8f5-9d32df2bf61c/images/d30f1367-7e7f-46c7-b29f-f05e814bd26e.jpeg) 4. He suffered from some mysterious illnesses. ![5 Things You May Not Know About Charles Darwin](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/3a859343-cb67-44fd-a8f5-9d32df2bf61c/images/04f2b957-6a04-4b20-92cf-dddd45a43a06.jpeg) 5. He had a pros-and-cons list on whether to marry.

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