Albert Einstein denounced segregation, calling it a “disease of white people” and worked against racism in America.
In 1963, Albert Heineken created a beer bottle that could also be used as a brick to build sustainable housing in impoverished countries.
Albert Einstein was among the 5,000+ people who signed a petition to overturn Germany’s ban on Homosexuality.
Some American officials, like FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, thought Albert Einstein was a soviet spy.
Albert Einstein cheated on his wife, belittled her scientific achievements, and refused to help out around the house and made her sign a contract in which she would agree to leave the room or stop talking if he told her to.
Albert Einstein renounced his German citizenship in the German Kingdom of Württemberg to avoid military service in 1896 and became stateless for 5 years. He acquired Swiss citizenship in February 1901, Austrian citizenship in 1911, and American citizenship in 1940.
When Albert Einstein published his Theory of General Relativity, the New York Times sent their golfing correspondent to interview him.
Albert Einstein famously said that “if the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, man would have only four years to live.”
Albert Einstein’s last words were spoken in German to a nurse who didn’t speak German and are lost for ever.
Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Löwenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).