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that Charles Darwin s Tree of Life sketch was anonymously returned to Cambridge University Library in a pink gift bag two decades after being stolen

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Fun Fact: that Charles Darwin’s Tree of Life sketch was anonymously returned to Cambridge University Library in a pink gift bag – two decades after being stolen

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