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Einstein's Stolen Brain Odyssey

After Albert Einstein's death in 1955, pathologist Thomas Stoltz Harvey autopsied him and kept his brain, hoping to unlock the secrets of his genius. In an astonishing twist, Harvey stored slices in cookie jars, moving them cross-country before finally returning them, decades later, to Princeton Hospital. The wandering brain, kept in plain sight, is a bizarre chapter in the legacy of a genius.
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