The Creepiest Artifacts in Museums Around the World

Part of Einstein's Brain

Parts of Albert Einstein's brain ended up all over the world after he died. It was removed in 1955 and has been passed around since. Pathologist Thomas Harvey kept his Einstein brain sections and eventually donated it to the Mütter Museum.

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