Had he so desired, the "Father of Relativity" could have been Israel's second president.Wikimedia CommonsAlbert Einstein in Princeton, New Jersey, soon after he fled Nazi Germany in 1933.
As a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and the creator of the world’s most famous equation, Albert Einstein had an impressive resume. But there was one notable title he turned down: President of Israel. Israel’s first president, Chaim Weizmann, said that Einstein was “the greatest Jew alive. Read More...
Known as "The Pig" due to his thirst for blood, Giovanni Brusca killed between 100 and 200 people for the Sicilian Mafia in the late 20th century.YouTubeAuthorities arrest Giovanni Brusca near Agrigento, Sicily on May 20, 1996.
Sicilian Mafia hitman Giovanni Brusca murdered so many people that he actually lost count. From the 1970s to the 1990s, Brusca would kill whoever the Mafia wanted dead — from government officials to innocent children. Read More...
Experts believe that the ring was once owned by a powerful Viking chief more than 1,000 years ago. Vestland County MunicipalityExperts aren’t sure exactly who owned the ring originally, but the fact that it was made with gold suggests that it belonged to a high-status individual.
Mari Ingelin Heskestad, of Norway, recently ordered a batch of cheap costume jewelry online — and got way more than she expected. Among the gaudy baubles, Heskestad noticed a gold ring that turned out to be from the Viking era. Read More...
