According to one National Geographic study, when Nobel Prize-winning scientist Albert Einstein died on April 18, 1955, he left precise instructions for disposal of his remains. Einstein did not want his corpse or brain to be revered or studied. Therefore he directed those in charge of his remains to "cremate them, and disperse the ashes surreptitiously to dissuade idolaters." However, Thomas Harvey, the pathologist on call when Einstein died at Princeton Hospital in New Jersey, did not strictly adhere to their orders. Instead, he kidnapped Einstein's brain. Things just got weirder from there. When Einstein's family learned about the crime, his son allegedly did not protest. Harvey could retain the
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