Did you know these facts about the life of Einstein’s brain after his death?
1. On April 18, 1955 at
2. His body arrived at the cremation oven incomplete the day he died… it was lacking a brain.
3. In a jar of formaldehyde in Dr. Thomas Harvey, the pathologist who performed Einstein's autopsy, stored the brain for his own study. 
4. Some say that Einstein offered his brain for research, but the executor of his estate said that Einstein's son Hans made the decision to keep it.
5. When the press soon learned that Einstein's brain had been set aside for study, Dr. Harvey became very protective of the brain… and the attention infuriated the genius’ family.
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7. In spite of studying the organ for many years, he published no findings, saying that there was nothing unusual about it.
8. Over time…
9. Dr. Diamond reported the percentage of glial cells … which nourish neurons … in Einstein's brain … contained about 73% more than the average male brain. There had been a greater metabolic need … his brain cells needed and used more energy.
11. Researchers measured a 15% wider than average brain, with the inferior parietal regions on both hemispheres … much more developed than most.
Do you think the journey of one genius' brain after death ... can teach the rest of us anything new about intelligence in life...?
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