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Jesus Christ and Ric Flair Ranked on the Top Spots of Time Magazine’s People of the Century’s Online Poll. None of Them were Considered Eligible for the Title.

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Time Magazine has been one of the most authoritative and informative guides to what is happening in current affairs, politics, business, health, science, and entertainment since its inception in 1923. Over 20 million subscribers worldwide turn to Time weekly for award-winning exclusive coverage. But do you know who was voted Time Magazine’s Person of the […]

Jesus Christ and Ric Flair Ranked on the Top Spots of Time Magazine’s People of the Century’s Online Poll. None of Them were Considered Eligible for the Title. Read More »

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Marie Curie Kept Vials of Radium in Her Pocket and on Her Nightstand Because She Liked How They Glowed.

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Radium is a chemical element with the atomic number 88 and the symbol Ra. It is the sixth element in Periodic Group 2, also known as alkaline earth metals. Pure radium is silvery-white, but when exposed to air, it readily reacts with nitrogen, forming a black surface layer of radium nitride. Radium isotopes are all

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Albert Einstein Wacky Picture

The Iconic Photo of Albert Einstein Sticking His Tongue Out was Actually His Annoyed Reaction to Paparazzi Forcing Him to Smile on His 72nd Birthday. He Asked for a Cropped Version of the Photo and Sent Them to His Friends.

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Albert Einstein’s revolutionary scientific theories elevated his reputation to the status of a genius. He is especially popular for devising the theory of relativity. But do you know how he ended up with the famous photo of him sticking out his tongue? The iconic photo of Einstein sticking his tongue out was his irritated reaction

The Iconic Photo of Albert Einstein Sticking His Tongue Out was Actually His Annoyed Reaction to Paparazzi Forcing Him to Smile on His 72nd Birthday. He Asked for a Cropped Version of the Photo and Sent Them to His Friends. Read More »

Did Albert Einstein Have a List of Conditions for His Wife?

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Mileva Marić, the first wife of Albert Einstein, collaborated with him on most nights of their marriage. Many testimonies and letters agree that Marić and Einstein worked together almost nightly, with Einstein even mentioning our work on relative motion. When Marić heard the news of Einstein’s two-year affair with his cousin in 1914, their marriage

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How Rich Was Albert Einstein?

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An average scientist today makes around $87,000 annually. You’d make a little more if you are an expert in the field or have been awarded. The famous Einstein earned almost double of this amount in his time. Let’s find out how much.  Einstein’s salary was $10,000 in 1933, which equates to nearly $210,000 now. He

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Due to a strong dislike towards mixing of science and politics, Einstein said were he a young man again, he’d choose to be a plumber or a peddler, to which many plumbing companies responded by making him the honorary plumber. Also, there are many Einstein Plumbing companies in the US now.

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Albert Einstein said if he could do it all again, he would be a plumber. In November 1954, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to a magazine in which he declared that, were he a young man again, he would not try to become a scientist: “I would rather choose to be a plumber or a

Due to a strong dislike towards mixing of science and politics, Einstein said were he a young man again, he’d choose to be a plumber or a peddler, to which many plumbing companies responded by making him the honorary plumber. Also, there are many Einstein Plumbing companies in the US now. Read More »

Einstein failing a math exam is a myth. He failed the entrance exam to Zurich Polytechnic because he did poorly on botany, zoology and language sections.

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Did Einstein really fail math? In 1905, Theodore Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 26th president of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt married Eleanor and the World Series matched the New York Giants against the Philadelphia Athletics. And, for four glorious months, Albert Einstein authored four papers that changed our understanding of the way the

Einstein failing a math exam is a myth. He failed the entrance exam to Zurich Polytechnic because he did poorly on botany, zoology and language sections. Read More »

As a child, Einstein’s Uncle Jakob introduced him to algebra and called it “a merry science”. He compared algebra to hunting a little animal. You didn’t know the name of the animal, so you called it “x”. When you finally caught the animal you gave it the correct name

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Algebra (Mathematics Curriculum) What Is Algebra? Algebra is a branch of mathematics that uses letters and other symbols to represent numbers. Dictionary Definition The Oxford English Dictionary defines algebra as “the part of mathematics in which letters and other general symbols are used to represent numbers and quantities in formulae and equations.” Here is an

As a child, Einstein’s Uncle Jakob introduced him to algebra and called it “a merry science”. He compared algebra to hunting a little animal. You didn’t know the name of the animal, so you called it “x”. When you finally caught the animal you gave it the correct name Read More »

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