5 Things You Didn't Know About Albert Einstein | E-Neighborhood Advisor

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March 14th is the birthday of Billy Crystal, Michael Caine and Stephen Curry. But Trivia Today decided to focus on someone else born on this day: Albert Einstein. They dug up five facts you probably didn't know about Einstein. Ready? He married the only female student in his physics class  Mileva Maric was the only female student in Einstein’s physics class at Zürich Polytechnic. She was passionate about math and science, and was an aspiring physicist in her own right, but she gave up those ambitions when she married Einstein and became the mother of his children. The marriage didn't last, and the couple eventually divorced. He Paid His First Wife His Nobel Prize Money for a Divorce  Anticipating winning a Nobel Prize, Einstein offered all his expected prize money to his first wife, Mileva Maric, so she would agree to grant him a divorce. The award added up to $32,250, which was more than ten times the annual salary of the average professor at the time. Einstein's Second Wife Was His First Cousin  Einstein’s second wife, Elsa, was not only his first cousin on his mother’s side, but also his second cousin on his father’s side. Cousins marrying each other wasn’t frowned upon at that time. Their fathers were cousins and their mothers were sisters. They both spent their childhood together, forming a strong friendship. As adults, they reconnected when Albert moved to Berlin for work. Elsa was living there with her two daughters. She had been recently divorced from her first husband. The two began a romantic relationship. Elsa didn't have to change her last name when she married Albert, as her surname was also Einstein. He Was Asked to be President of Israel  Einstein may not have been a religious man, but he was still connected to his Jewish heritage. As such, he was often heard speaking out against anti-Semitism. After the death of the head of state Chaim Weizmann in 1952, he was approached by the Israeli government to become the president of the nation. The 73-year-old wasted little time in declining the honor. “All my life I have dealt with objective matters,” Einstein wrote in a letter to the Israeli ambassador, “hence I lack both the natural aptitude and the experience to deal properly with people and to exercise official function.” His Brain Was Stolen After His Death  After Einstein's death in 1955 from an abdominal aneurysm rupture, an autopsy and several studies were conducted on Einstein's brain. Two interesting discoveries were made: first, Einstein's brain weighed notably less than the average human brain. His weighed 1,230 grams, while the average is 1,400 grams. Second, his parietal lobe (where mathematic thought resides) was 15 percent larger. The pathologist who conducted the autopsy later stole Einstein's brain and was fired from Princeton when he refused to return it (he later did bring it back, but not until 1998). Your Flooring Consultant, Matt Capell Email: sales@capellinteriors.com Phone (208) 288-0151 P.S. Here's a joke for you! Albert Einstein created many concepts for modern physics. His brother, Frank, however, created a monster.