Darwin's Beard November 14, 2008 9:22 AM | permalink

Actual whiskers from the beard of the famed naturalist Charles Darwin will go on display in the London Museum of Natural History today.

The beard will be displayed to the public roughly  200 years after Darwin was born, 9,800 years after his detractors claim the earth was created by God, and from the looks of the whiskers, 128 years after the great man last enjoyed mustard. (In addition to his famous "On the Origin of Species by the Means of Natural Selection," Darwin is also widely credited as the original author of the term "flavor saver")

The beard was provided by Darwin's great-great grandson who, if his ancestor's theory is correct, is somehow better prepared to survive in the 21st century thanks to his highly evolved inability to ever throw anything away.