Austrian physicist Friedrich Hasenohrl published the basic equation E = mc2 a year before Einstein did.
Famous left-handed people include Napoleon, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Einstein, Newton, Bill Gates, Oprah, Obama and Jimi Hendrix.
Albert Einstein denounced segregation, calling it a “disease of white people” and worked against racism in America.
Einstein was stopped so much in public, he would reply, “Pardon me, sorry! Always I am mistaken for Professor Einstein.”
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.
Although he was a devoted pacifist, Einstein wrote a letter to President Roosevelt, urging him to prioritize the development of an atomic weapon before Nazi Germany.
Nicole Barr, a 12-year-old from Essex in England, scored a 162 on her Mensa IQ test in 2016. That’s 2 points higher than Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
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.