Einstein had a notoriously bad memory. He routinely forgot names, places and dates

Einstein's second wife, Elsa was his first cousin

Einstein's brain was smaller than average, but he parietal lobes were 15% wider than normal. These areas are linked to mathematical and spatial skills

Albert Einstein never won a Nobel prize for the theory of relativity. It was his explanation of the photoelectric effect that made him a Nobel laureate in 1905

Despite what you've heard, Albert Einstein did not fail math as a child

When Israeli head of state Chaim Weizmann died in 1952, the Israeli government offered to appoint Einstein as the nation's second president