Environmental Graffiti

The Legacy of Ernst Haeckel

As the faith versus science wars first exploded across the western world, altering forever the place of religion in society, he was one of the most visible and powerful speakers in favour of evolution. But in his haste to popularise this new scientific idea, the ‘Darwin of the continent’ was to perpetuate a fraud that would come to overshadow all his other achievements.

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Bodyshock: the Amazing Story of the Man With Two Penises [nsfw]

The temptation here might be to make some lewd remark about this gentleman being popular with the ladies, but at Environmental Graffiti we don’t go in for that sort of vulgar talk. A pity the same couldn’t be said for the Victorian medical examiners in their reports on Juan Baptista dos Santos – the world famous man with two penises.

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Journey to Meet the Eagle Hunters of the Eastern Mongolian Steppes

Being a plant hunter might not sound like the most thrilling job in the world; but in the 19th Century, plant hunters were an exceptional bunch – botanists who were not only scientifically clued-up but were real Indiana Jones types, forever setting off to far-flung corners of the globe in search of rare finds. In the latest book by Sanjida O’Connell, a plant hunter is even described adventuring as far as the Eastern Steppes of Mongolia and having some pretty special encounters.

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Mark Twain’s Amazing Hoax that Deceived the World

Environmental Graffiti reporter Thomas Davie investigates one of the most awesome 19th Century global pranks, by one of America’s greatest literary geniuses In Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Hank Morgan watches his medieval companion wallow with pigs she believes to be enchanted nobles [...]

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