Einstein Did What?

Silly slip-ups from some of history’s greatest genius minds

BY Katie Spalding

FROM THE BOOK EDISON’S GHOSTS It’s possible that some people are just too smart for their own good. Or that some of history’s best-known ‘brainiacs’ lacked some good old-fashioned common sense. Consider these scenes from the past Einstein Put The ‘Nauti’ In Nautical Einstein is most famous today as, well, Einstein. His name is synonymous with what he was. But among the accolades is something that stands out as truly impressive: his uncanny ability to make dozens of complete strangers save his life, over and over again, and never once did it look like he might learn from it. The year was 1939, and Einstein had rented a cottage in the sleepy coastal hamlet of Cutchogue, Long Island. He had just one thing on his mind: sailing. Einstein loved sailing. Relaxing on a boat,…

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