- His Brain Is In a Jar In 1955 upon his death, Albert Einstein’s brain was removed from his body. Without permission from Einstein or his family, the pathologist conducting the autopsy kept Einstein’s brain in a jar, chopped up into 200 pieces.
In 1998, the 85-year-old pathologist Dr. Harvey gave Einstein’s brain to Princeton University, where he worked decades earlier.
- He Could Have Become The President Of Israel
A few days after first President of Israel died on November 9, 1952, Albert Einstein was asked if he would accept the position of being the second president of Israel.
Einstein, who was just 3 years away from his own death, declined the offer by writing in his official letter of refusal that he not only lacked the “natural aptitude and the experience to deal properly with people,” but also, he was getting old. He was 73 at the time.
"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value."
Albert Einstein
- He Refused To Wear Socks
One of the greatest geniuses of our time who discovered the fundamental rules of the universe had a rule for his own feet. No socks. Ever!
Whether it was out sailing or to a formal dinner at the White House, Albert Einstein went without socks everywhere who thought socks were a pain because they would often get holes in them.
- Einstein also invented a refrigerator that operated on alcohol gas that never went into production because new technology superseded it.
- After Einstein divorced his first wife, Mileva Maric, he married his close cousin, Elsa Loewenthal (nee Einstein). Elsa was related to Albert on both sides of his family. Albert’s mother and Elsa’s mother were sisters, plus Albert’s father and Elsa’s father were cousins.
- He Failed his University Entrance Exam
At the age of 17, Albert Einstein applied for early admission into the Swiss Federal Polytechnical School (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule or ETH). He passed the math and science sections of the entrance exam, but failed history, languages, geography, etc. Einstein had to go to a trade school before he retook the exam and was finally admitted to ETH a year later.
- He Spoke Very Slowly As A Child, If At All
As a child, Einstein seldom spoke but when he did, he spoke very slowly. He would think through exactly what he wanted to say before speaking, leading his parents to think he was dim-witted.
- He Objected To His Son’s Marriage
At age 23, Hans Albert Einstein fell in love with Frieda Knecht and proposed marriage. His father strongly objected because he deemed his bride to be unattractive.
Albert Einstein damned the union, swearing that Hans’s bride was a scheming older woman preying on his son. When all else failed, Einstein begged Hans to not have children.