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1,000 years ago, you could
still eat it.
That's because honey never
spoils. In fact, researchers discov-
ered honey in the tombs of ancient
Egyptians — and it was still tasty.

FYI: A teacher once said of
Albert Einstein, "It doesn't
matter [that his grades are
so poor]. He'll never make
a success of anything."
FYI: Throughout the 1920s,
We should all be such failures.
about two-thirds of all Jews
Einstein, born in Germany in
in the world knew Yiddish.
1879, had difficulty learn-
Yiddish came about in the
ing to speak and did
12th century when Jews
poorly at school. One of
began settling in Germany. \
the greatest scientists who
Jewish immigrants original-
ever lived, his interest in
ly mixed _Hebrew and
the subject began when
French with the language
he was 5 and became
of their new home, then
fascinated by a compass.
Yiddish evolved further
How, he wondered, did
when the Jewish popula-
the needle know how to
tion moved to Russia and
point in the correct direc-
Albert Einstein: Poland, and words from
tion?
He couldn't
these nations were added
Einstein came to the
make the
in.
United States in 1933,
grade.
Yiddish was in its heyday
with the rise of Adolf
in the 1800s, when it was
Hitler. He spent the rest of his life
embraced by writers and poets,
at the Institute for Advanced Study
with numerous Yiddish newspapers
at Princeton, N.J. He never wore
published. The language flourished
socks, couldn't drive, loved to sail
until World War II, when Hitler
and play the violin, was known to
wiped out much of the world's
forget his own address, and was
Yiddish-speaking population.
popular among the town's resi-
dents, who described him as very
FYI: You think Harry
friendly.
Truman had it tough?
Einstein often was asked to
After Truman recognized the State
explain, in just a few words, his
of Israel, he became friendly with
famous Theory of Relativity. He
Israel's first president, Chaim
would respond, "If you will not take
Weizmann.
the answer too seriously and con-
Once the Missouri-born president
sider it only as a kind of joke, then
told his colleague, "My job is very
I can explain it as follows: It was
tough. There are 180 million peo-
formerly believed that if all material
ple in the United States, and as
things disappeared out of the uni-
president I am responsible to each
verse, time and space would be
one of them."
left. According to the relativity theo-
Weizmann listened a moment,
ry, however, time and space disap-
then responded: "Mine is tougher.
pear together with the material
There are only 1 million Jews
things."
in Israel, but as president of Israel

FYI: If you found honey left
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