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Albert Einstein was much more than a scientific genius. From his political beliefs to his hatred of socks, here are 32 facts about Einstein you might not have heard before.

Cousins are indeed complicated. Who's your first cousin once removed? What is a second cousin? And what are kissing cousins? We'll tell you.

Between 1900 and 1920, about 12.5 million Europeans crossed the Atlantic to the US and the Holland America line carried over 1 million of them.

Between 1900 and 1920, about 12.5 million Europeans crossed the Atlantic to the US and the Holland America line carried over 1 million of them.

Albert Einstein, left, with his wife, Elsa Einstein and an un-indentified man. Date unknow

Several renowned figures have kept it in the family by (knowingly or not) marrying their cousins.

A sheet of paper covered in the mathematics notes of renowned physicist Albert Einstein (pictured) is tipped to sell for £50,000 (€60,000) at auction in Malaga, Spain next week on November 30.

Cousins are complicated. Who's your first cousin once removed? And what are kissing cousins? We'll tell you in our cousins tutorial.

Rare missive, sent to a friend in 1936, warns that prejudice in academia 'simmers' intensely below the surface; complains academic positions handed out through personal connections

Print Their early audiences called them “flickers,” and it was a better name than they realized. Because — as the lights going out on the Hollywood Cinerama remind us — almost everything about the movies can end up short-lived and elusive. Stardom is like that. Actors whose fabulous faces were celebrated on several continents and whose fabulous salaries were celebrated by their bankers could and did die unknown and broke. So were movies themselves — throwaway amusements, no more durab...