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Albert Einstein at School
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‘Mr. Braun was speechless for a few moments’. Why?

Answer

Mr. Braun asked Albert in what year the Prussians defeated the French at Waterloo. Albert told him that he didn’t know. Albert told him that he saw no point in learning dates. These could be seen in books. This made him speechless.

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