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For the past 90 years–since Albert Einstein was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics–Jewish mothers have been wishing their children had the brain of the famous scientist. Two recent quirky discoveries reveal that it’s possible for this to happen. Literally. Einstein specified that, upon his death, he wished to be cremated. However, the on-call doctor at the hospital which […]

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Humorist David Sedaris has made a career out of relating the silliest parts of his life in essay form. In the 2004 story “Possession,” he and his boyfriend had the perfect Paris apartment, but they were being evicted in favor of their landlord’s daughter. Their search for a new place is wacky, disgusting (they find […]

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As a teenager in wartime France, Marcel Mangel helped fight Nazis in unusual ways–he doctored the passports of Jewish children, making them seem younger so they weren’t sent to labor camps. He also dressed up groups of children as boy scouts and led them on “hiking expeditions” along the French-Swiss border, smuggling them to safety. Even as […]

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