Einstein Facts

Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952, but he declined.

No one knows Albert Einstein's last words. Just before he passed, he spoke several words in German, but his nurse only knew English.

Albert Einstein famously eschewed wearing socks throughout much of his adult life, often citing comfort and practicality as his primary reasons.

An international team of astronomers has spotted the farthest known gravitational lens and, as Albert Einstein predicted, it is a galaxy that deflects and intensifies the light of a much further object.