A cold stage in the early Pleistocene, which finished 866,000 years ago.
Beestonian Stage
Fact of the Day
Novelist Agatha Christie was a keen surfer.
Quote of the Day
"If your estate be not sufficient for you; be sufficient for your estate.
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~ Henry Slingsby's advice to his second son while awaiting his execution,1652
On This Day
1787 The 'First Fleet' of 11 ships carrying convicts to Australia left England.
1888 Slavery was abolished in Brazil.