TIL John Scopes, a high school teacher in Tennessee, was arrested and tried for merely teaching the theory of evolution in 1925. mtsu.edu Submitted by JesusLikesHisCheezIt t3_11d0j6r on February 27, 2023 at 2:40 AM in todayilearned 120 comments 746
CleaveIshallnot t1_ja8boea wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:25 PM I thought Scopes bravely taught this solely for academic reasons & on principle. But in reality it was funded by a coal magnate to put Dayton "on the map...& drum up business $$"? Ah well. All's well that ends well. Permalink 2
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