This Infographic Takes You Through Albert Einstein’s Remarkable Life

Albert Einstein is one of the most famous physicists in history. Odds are, you can’t walk into a science classroom without seeing his face on a poster. Developing the theory of relativity and winning the Nobel Prize in Physics are just a couple of his impressive achievements. But have you ever wondered how he became such an accomplished man?

Explore this detailed infographic to gain more insight into the great Einstein’s fascinating life.

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August 28, 2018

15 People Share What DNA Tests Revealed About Themselves

Have you ever wondered who your ancestors were? With sites like Ancestry.com and 23andMe, it’s easier than ever to find out about your DNA.

AskReddit users opened up and shared what they learned when they took DNA tests.

1. Crazy story

“The chair of my department at work told me his story recently. He has a brother (we will call him Jeff) and a family friend (we will call him Henry) who was best friends with his brother growing up. Henry’s sister did one of those DNA kits. Her results came back saying she had a first cousin in the area, who happened to be Jeff’s first cousin. After more investigating they found out that Jeff and Henry were actually switch at birth in the hospital. My department chair’s biological brother is actually Henry.

His mother remembers there being some confusion with the babies in the hospital but never thought anything of it again after that. This is probably one of the craziest stories I have ever heard.”

2. Whiteness

“My sister did this, and we found out we were even whiter than we realized (she had believed we had some Native American in there. We do, but it’s way less than she thought).”

3. Mama mia!

“We did this for my grandma for her birthday a few years ago, it was really interesting! She knew she was mostly Italian, but we found out that she is actually (genetically) more Italian than most people who currently live in Italy.

She got a kick out of that.”

4. Not related

“I was adopted as a baby, never knew my birth parents. For my wedding, my wife’s best friend got us both Ancestry kits. At the time the joke was it would be funny if we found out we were related. We weren’t. Flash forward to about a month ago when I got an email in Ancestry from someone saying we may be related. Ancestry classified the connection as very high probability of parent child relationship. So I found my birth father. Trying to figure out how to go forward now.

Since this has come up a lot. My wife and I were not related. 3.5 years after taking the test my biological father reached out to me and said Ancestry.com says we’re related and would I like to find out how we were related. I think he was unsure if we were father/son or grandfather/grandson. After a few additional emails back and forth he provided information that confirmed he was my biological father. We are going to meet for coffee at some point in the near future.”

5. That’s too bad

“Found out that my 16th great grandfather owned a castle in Wales that is still there today! He was beheaded though.”

6. Distant cousins

“My mom is super into her family tree. She is 99.9% Rusyn (a specific kind of eastern Slavic from the Carpathian Mountains). She was born and raised in North Eastern Pennsylvania and had a feeling that her parents had to be distantly related somehow.

Got both of her parents DNA tests for Christmas this year… and they are indeed distant cousins.”

7. Not very Korean

“I just got mine today. I used Ancestry but because I’m Korean all I got was 100% East Asian (wow so insightful! /s). Anyway then I uploaded my raw data to Wegene that pinpointed my DNA better. I was SHOCKED. I expected Chinese, Mongolian and Korean.

I got:

55.43% Northern Han Chinese (this makes sense because my dad’s side is North Korean and my last name can be traced to Chinese ancestry).
44.21% Japanese (the surprise)
2.8% Other (stuff they couldn’t figure out)
0.32% Korean (I don’t know if I can classify myself as Korean after that low percentage….. lmao)
So I found out I’m very not Korean and my mum was the most shocked because she absolutely hates the Japanese… and the Japanese dna is most likely from her side.”

8. Reunion

“I’m adopted and did both ancestry and 23 and me. I found my maternal great aunt on ancestry and my paternal uncle contacted me through 23 and me.

I’ve spoken to my uncle a couple times and my great aunt a couple times but that’s it. I’ve seen my bio mom and Dad via Facebook and that’s enough for me. If you find yourself really uncomfortable and not wanting to go any further, don’t let anyone push you into a meeting or relationship you’re not ready for or comfortable with.

To me, it’s like opening Pandora’s box. You have no idea what could happen or who these people really are, so just remember that you have all the power and should be able to control where you and your bio dad go from here. I wish you the best of luck, it’s a very very strange situation to find yourself in.”

9. Secrets

“I have a crazy story. The ancestry results were definitely unexpected in this case.

My friends mom did the ancestry test. She loved the whole thing and got her dad to try it, too.

The results showed he wasn’t her father. They weren’t connected via the site. She performed a paternity test (saying it was part 2 of the ancestry test) and confirmed that he is not biologically her father.

Then she nonchalantly brought up her (late) mom being pregnant and her father said that they had difficulty getting pregnant so her and her brother and sister were all conceived via artificially insemination. This was like the 1950s. Freezing sperm wasn’t a thing then and her father claims to have been there. So there’s probably only one to two other men in the room – the doctor and maybe an assistant.

Idk what happened in the doctors office 60 years ago (for three children) but secrets were definitely kept.”

10. Welsh

“Brother did one. Turns out the family rumor of Irish/Native American descent was in fact incorrect and we are 98.9% Welsh, with the rest being a mixture of French and German.”

11. NOPE

“I grew up being told I was primarily Cherokee Native American among many other things. My aunt and grandmother collected Cherokee artwork and artifacts to honor our heritage. Got my test results back… NOPE! I’m all white.”

12. Quite a ride

“I signed up for 23andMe, primarily to do research on possible markers for some hereditary health concerns that run in my family line (all is good there). While I was there, I started digging into the ancestry side of the site. That is when my life split open.

Turns out I have a half-sister. My mom gave birth to a baby girl a few years before marrying my dad, and put her up for adoption. I had no idea about this, and I actually kinda doubt that my dad knew either.

You can imagine that this kind of new can really rock a family. With us, it’s all been positive. Both of my parents have passed away, which eliminates a lot of the possibilities for awkward or problematic fallout. Basically, it just means that my brother, sister and I have another sister that we just have never met. All good! She has now met my (our) sister, and she is coming out to visit me in a couple months.

For her, it’s been quite a ride. She has been searching for family for her whole life, and she finally found us! Of course, she was also very interested in finding out about her father. My mom never once mentioned old boyfriends to me, so I really didn’t know how to help her, but now she had a bit more info to go on, and her search continued.

But wait, there’s more! So, when she visited our sister, they were digging through old photos, and they came across a dated one of her with a guy, that was more than likey taken right around the date she was conceived. So she manages to track this guy down (she’s been searching for decades, and apparently is damn good at it by now). She gives him call, and learns that the photo was taken at a party at one of his friend’s house.”

13. Worth it

“My dad never knew who his father was; I’ve spent my adult life helping him search with what little information we had (which all turned out to be total red herrings) and it’s basically been my life mission to find this person while my dad is still alive.

I bought him one of those ancestry DNA kits for his birthday last year, which brought up some “connections” that didn’t make sense; first, second cousins we couldn’t figure out. Luckily one of the people he connected with was really into geneology and had done a lot of groundwork themselves. They went through their photos and found one of a man at his wedding, said “Hey, you look a lot like my uncle”; the resemblance was totally uncanny but we didn’t want to get too excited.

So from that, the children of the man in the photo did their own DNA tests to corroborate what we thought we were looking at. Yep – turns out that the man in the photo was my dad’s father. He now has a whole new extended family he never knew about (he was an only child) and can finally finish searching for this piece of his life puzzle.

So yes, worth it.”

14. Feels like a lie

“I have believe my whole life that I was half Native American and half German. My father is Lumbee Native American and he and I both are registered and enrolled in the Lumbee tribe. I took a DNA test and the results came back that I was 88% European and 12% Sub-Saharan African. No Native American whatsoever. It kind of feels like my whole life was a lie.

This especially affected my father, because he grew up with this tribe in North Carolina and they’ve been fighting for federal recognition from the government for years. Just doesn’t make sense.”

15. Royalty

“Apparently, I’m a fourth degree relative of Te Atairangikaahu (Maori monarch) family line on my father’s side, and a very distant relative of the Norwegian Royal Family on my mother’s side

So, technically, I’m part of the goddamn royalty. I’m still waiting on the gold, land and peasants.”

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August 27, 2018

13 Situations That Make Traveling No Fun

Travel can be a whole lot of fun…but it can also be a real nightmare. When you’re far from home with a bunch of unknown factors at play, things are bound to go wrong. Here’s to hoping our next vacation is better than these.

1. “When I was 12, I was attacked by a monkey in Costa Rica. Just a perfect moment for a postcard.”

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2. “I climbed a mountain to enjoy Rio de Janeiro’s views.”

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3. “Booked myself a window seat in advance.”

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4. Okay, this one is actually pretty positive.

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5. There’s no better way to experience a new country than with two giant bags strapped to your body.

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6. Unexpected visitors.

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7. Might want to check the weather before you book.

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8. Also, make sure your tent is the right size before ordering.

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9. Don’t forget to bring a travel adapter.

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10. Seriously, check the weather. (That’s the Taj Mahal behind him.)

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11. “I love being the pillow for her pillow. ”

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12. “This woman invented an entirely new way of being inconsiderate on a long flight!”

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13. Yeah, I wouldn’t risk that one.

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August 25, 2018

These 17 Hilarious Tweets Are Racking up the RTs on Twitter

Twitter can be a mixed bag of self-promotion, politics, angry shouting, and stuff that is genuinely funny. The following tweets are the latter – and best – part of what the social media platform has to offer.

#17. Getting old is no joke, y’all.

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#16. You gotta know your punchline.

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#15. That’s just funny.

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#14. That’s when you know you have the most twisted sense of humor at the table.

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#13. Unequivocally yes.

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#12. Why don’t you love yourselves?

This is every lactose intolerant person I’ve ever met. None of y’all care about yourselves https://t.co/ORIghwF7ri

— GrindSZN (@hioliviaaa_) July 22, 2018

#11. So…ideal?

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#10. Social media from the beyond.

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#9. Keep fighting the good fight, I say.

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#8. Am parent, can confirm.

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#7. Ahhhhh college.

College students: *doesn’t understand the lecture*

Professor that studied the subject for 28 years: https://t.co/6HYzevzp22

— Nik (@AmoNickk) July 24, 2018

#6. Throwin’ shade at the Queen. Bold.

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#5. Girl preach.

Me looking for my Uber because I don’t know what a Toyota Corolla looks like pic.twitter.com/2TryQjmrPK

— alb (@lildzaddy) July 18, 2018

#4. Peace.

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#3. Hold my beer.

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#2. I mean when you put it that way.

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#1. Not sure I would call that “low” key, though.

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h/t: Buzzfeed

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August 24, 2018

Spoiler Alert: You’ve Been Using Can Openers Wrong This Whole Time

Some can openers can be tricky, while others appear totally straightforward. I’m not sure how you could take something as simple as opening a can and make it complicated, but here we are.

Enter the Internet, where you can find out you’re doing something wrong and how to magically do it better every single day of your life if you’re so inclined.

This one, though, is something special, because it can turn every frustrating (manual) can opener into a device that’s safe and simple to use – without changing a single thing about the one in your cupboard.

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Instead of clamping the can opener on the lip of the can so that the crank faces out to the side, turn it face up toward the ceiling before turning the knob like you normally would. Once you’ve completed a full rotation, lift the opener away from the can.

Thanks to that extra strip of metal the lid should still be attached to the can opener, which means you can even move it over to the trash bin without getting your hands dirty.

Check out the video below for visual instructions, and then run home to try it yourself – it will transform your next green-bean-opening experience, without a doubt.

And who isn’t tempted by that?

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August 24, 2018

Scientists Have Found a Way to Reverse Aging – In a Lab

Sorry, cosmetics insudtry, but I’m afraid we’ve got some bad news. As for everyone else…it’s time to celebrate! A group of scientists recently published a study in the journal Aging that describes how they were able to make old cells regain the dividing ability of younger cells.

Researchers have been looking into the process of aging in humans for decades, trying to pinpoint when and how things begin to change and degrade, and while this new experiment doesn’t claim to be able to reverse aging, it does claim to have had success in stopping the aging process before it passes the point of no return.

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That is, the point at which cells become stagnant and start to degrade instead of duplicate. It’s important because some researchers believe the accumulation of the stagnant cells in our organs is the key to unlocking the process of aging.

“We still don’t fully understand why cells become senescent as we age, but damage to DNA, exposure to inflammation and damage to the protective molecules at the end of the chromosomes – the telomeres – have all been suggested,” said the authors in a post on The Conversation. “More recently, people have suggested that one driver of senescence may be loss of our ability to turn genes on and off at the right time and in the right place.”

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Their process included delivering hydrogen sulfide directly to mitochondria. Researchers believe the presence of the hydrogen sulfide molecule in the mitochondria can increase certain splicing factors, which are proteins that switch genes on and off in response to their environment.

The scientists concluded, “We are hopeful that in using molecular tools such as this, we will be able to eventually remove senescent cells in living people, which may allow us to target multiple age-related diseases at once. This is some way in the future yet, but it’s an exciting start.”

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I imagine that, when the time comes for human trials, they won’t have any trouble lining up volunteers. Not many people wouldn’t want to be the tribute in the game of figuring out how to stop the aging process, once and for all.

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August 24, 2018

These Rejection Stories from Creative People on Twitter Give Us All Hope

To work in a creative field means to experience rejection. Lots of it. That’s just part of the job. Whether you are a writer, artist, painter, singer, or musician…things can get discouraging. But it’s important to never lose hope.

Poet and author Saeed Jones shared own of his own rejection experiences and it inspired other creatives to share their personal tales.

So if you’re feeling down about constantly hearing the word “no”, remember that every successful person has been there many times.

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August 23, 2018

These 10 Facts About the Wright Brothers Will Take You to New Heights

On December 17, 1903, Orville (1871-1948) and Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) established their special place in American history when they became the first humans to successfully fly an airplane.

The brothers led fascinating lives, working with each other for many years on inventions and plans. But they always be remembered for what happened on that day in North Carolina in 1903.

Read on to learn 10 facts about the famous Wright brothers.

1. A toy fueled their passion for flying

The brothers’ father brought a toy helicopter back from France that piqued their interest in flying at a young age. The toy was made from a stick, a propeller, and two rubber bands.

2. They made a living in the bicycle business

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The brothers operated the Wright Cycle Company, which became profitable and helped fund their flight plans.

3. They didn’t graduate from high school

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Orville Wright dropped out of high school and Wilbur quit after he suffered a bad injury while playing hockey.

4. They published a newspaper

When Orville was only 15-years-old, he and Wilbur began publishing their own newspaper, The West Side News. The neighborhood paper became successful and they eventually renamed it The Evening Item.

5. Their mother was a big influence

Orville and Wilbur’s mother Susan Koerner Wright was reportedly a mechanical genius and could make anything by hand.

6. They picked Kitty Hawk for their flight for very specific reasons

Orville and Wilbur chose this location in North Carolina because a friend told them Kitty Hawk was windy and had soft grounds. It was also very private, which allowed them to test their aircraft away from the public eye.

7. The brothers were opposite in many ways

Wilbur Wright was very serious and was known to be very quiet. He was known as a deep thinker usually consumed by his own thoughts. Orville, on the other hand, was outgoing, upbeat, and talkative. The combination of Wilbur’s business mind and Orville’s mechanical savvy propelled the two into the history books.

8. The famous plane never flew again

After the successful flights in Kitty Hawk, the plane was damaged when heavy winds caused it to flip several times. The plane eventually ended up in the Smithsonian’s Air & Space Museum.

9. The press originally ignored the landmark flights

The brothers’ hometown Dayton Journal in Ohio didn’t even cover the events in Kitty Hawk because the brass there didn’t think the events were important enough to report. Eventually, the Virginia Pilot wrote an error-filled article about the events, and the Dayton Journal responded eventually with a factual story about the historic achievement.