FUN FACTS ABOUT EINSTEIN
1. Einstein was a fat child when he was born. His parents also thought that he had an abnormally large head.
2. Einstein had a speech difficulty as a child, and seldom spoke. His family thought he was retarded until one day, when he commented that his soup was "too hot." When his parents asked why he never spoke before, he said "because up to now, everything was in order."
3. Einstein completely flunked the entrance exam for Swiss Federal Polytechnical School (college). His only redeeming value was extraordinarily high math and science scores.
4. Einstein cheated on his wife, Mileva, numerous times. He even made Mileva sign a contract about their living arrangements. Some things discussed in the contract is how she must make sure that his, "clothes and laundry are kept in good order, 'he receives his three meals regulary in his room', and that 'She will stop talking to him if he requested it."
5. Einstein divorced Mileva after his infidelity tore them apart. He then married his cousin, Elsa Einstein. He actually wanted to marry Elsa's daughter, who was 18 years younger than he was. Nuff' said.
6. Perhaps one of the strangest event that occurred in Einstein's life was the legacy of his brain! After Einstein died, his brain was removed without permission by Thomas S. Harvey, a pathologist from Princeton Hospital in New Jersey. Harvey was fired from his job for refusing to give up the brain. Years later, Harvey sliced up Einstein's brain, and gave it to the leading scientists around the world for them to study. They found that Einstein's brain had more glial cells, which helped the brain communicate more effectively. For forty years, Harvey keeped pieces of Einstein's brain a secret from the world. Finally, one day, he decided to travel to Einstein's granddaughter, with Einstein's brain squirming around and the back of his Buick truck! Finally, Einstein's brain settled into the hands of Princeton University.
2. Einstein had a speech difficulty as a child, and seldom spoke. His family thought he was retarded until one day, when he commented that his soup was "too hot." When his parents asked why he never spoke before, he said "because up to now, everything was in order."
3. Einstein completely flunked the entrance exam for Swiss Federal Polytechnical School (college). His only redeeming value was extraordinarily high math and science scores.
4. Einstein cheated on his wife, Mileva, numerous times. He even made Mileva sign a contract about their living arrangements. Some things discussed in the contract is how she must make sure that his, "clothes and laundry are kept in good order, 'he receives his three meals regulary in his room', and that 'She will stop talking to him if he requested it."
5. Einstein divorced Mileva after his infidelity tore them apart. He then married his cousin, Elsa Einstein. He actually wanted to marry Elsa's daughter, who was 18 years younger than he was. Nuff' said.
6. Perhaps one of the strangest event that occurred in Einstein's life was the legacy of his brain! After Einstein died, his brain was removed without permission by Thomas S. Harvey, a pathologist from Princeton Hospital in New Jersey. Harvey was fired from his job for refusing to give up the brain. Years later, Harvey sliced up Einstein's brain, and gave it to the leading scientists around the world for them to study. They found that Einstein's brain had more glial cells, which helped the brain communicate more effectively. For forty years, Harvey keeped pieces of Einstein's brain a secret from the world. Finally, one day, he decided to travel to Einstein's granddaughter, with Einstein's brain squirming around and the back of his Buick truck! Finally, Einstein's brain settled into the hands of Princeton University.