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Netherlands: Rare Aurora Observed in West Terschelling Night Sky

Rare northern lights appeared over West Terschelling, Netherlands, late on the night of September 1, 2025. Triggered by strong geomagnetic activity from a recent solar storm, the aurora is a rare sight at this latitude (53°N).

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Netherlands: Thunderstorm With Hail Hits Friesland Causing Flash Flooding

Streets were flooded in the village of Buitenpost, north-east Friesland on Monday, May 20 after a thunderstorm with hail battered the province.

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Netherlands: Thunderstorm With Hail Hits Friesland Causing Flash Flooding 3

Streets were flooded in the village of Buitenpost, north-east Friesland on Monday, May 20 after a thunderstorm with hail battered the province.

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Netherlands: Thunderstorm With Hail Hits Friesland Causing Flash Flooding 2

Streets were flooded in the village of Buitenpost, north-east Friesland on Monday, May 20 after a thunderstorm with hail battered the province.

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Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Visitors look at a rare manuscript of Albert Einstein during a preview of the 10th anniversary of Christie's Shanghai auction at the Bund Jiuji International Art Center on September 21, 2023 in Shanghai, China. The 14-page German manuscript, signed by Einstein, explains the theory of relativity to the public in an accessible way. The manuscript, which will be auctioned by Chinese and foreign collectors at Christie's 10th anniversary auction in Shanghai on September 23, is estimated to fetch about Rmb7m to Rmb10m.

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Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Visitors look at a rare manuscript of Albert Einstein during a preview of the 10th anniversary of Christie's Shanghai auction at the Bund Jiuji International Art Center on September 21, 2023 in Shanghai, China. The 14-page German manuscript, signed by Einstein, explains the theory of relativity to the public in an accessible way. The manuscript, which will be auctioned by Chinese and foreign collectors at Christie's 10th anniversary auction in Shanghai on September 23, is estimated to fetch about Rmb7m to Rmb10m.

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Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Visitors look at a rare manuscript of Albert Einstein during a preview of the 10th anniversary of Christie's Shanghai auction at the Bund Jiuji International Art Center on September 21, 2023 in Shanghai, China. The 14-page German manuscript, signed by Einstein, explains the theory of relativity to the public in an accessible way. The manuscript, which will be auctioned by Chinese and foreign collectors at Christie's 10th anniversary auction in Shanghai on September 23, is estimated to fetch about Rmb7m to Rmb10m.

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Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Visitors look at a rare manuscript of Albert Einstein during a preview of the 10th anniversary of Christie's Shanghai auction at the Bund Jiuji International Art Center on September 21, 2023 in Shanghai, China. The 14-page German manuscript, signed by Einstein, explains the theory of relativity to the public in an accessible way. The manuscript, which will be auctioned by Chinese and foreign collectors at Christie's 10th anniversary auction in Shanghai on September 23, is estimated to fetch about Rmb7m to Rmb10m.

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Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Visitors look at a rare manuscript of Albert Einstein during a preview of the 10th anniversary of Christie's Shanghai auction at the Bund Jiuji International Art Center on September 21, 2023 in Shanghai, China. The 14-page German manuscript, signed by Einstein, explains the theory of relativity to the public in an accessible way. The manuscript, which will be auctioned by Chinese and foreign collectors at Christie's 10th anniversary auction in Shanghai on September 23, is estimated to fetch about Rmb7m to Rmb10m.

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Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Visitors look at a rare manuscript of Albert Einstein during a preview of the 10th anniversary of Christie's Shanghai auction at the Bund Jiuji International Art Center on September 21, 2023 in Shanghai, China. The 14-page German manuscript, signed by Einstein, explains the theory of relativity to the public in an accessible way. The manuscript, which will be auctioned by Chinese and foreign collectors at Christie's 10th anniversary auction in Shanghai on September 23, is estimated to fetch about Rmb7m to Rmb10m.

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Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Visitors look at a rare manuscript of Albert Einstein during a preview of the 10th anniversary of Christie's Shanghai auction at the Bund Jiuji International Art Center on September 21, 2023 in Shanghai, China. The 14-page German manuscript, signed by Einstein, explains the theory of relativity to the public in an accessible way. The manuscript, which will be auctioned by Chinese and foreign collectors at Christie's 10th anniversary auction in Shanghai on September 23, is estimated to fetch about Rmb7m to Rmb10m.

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Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Visitors look at a rare manuscript of Albert Einstein during a preview of the 10th anniversary of Christie's Shanghai auction at the Bund Jiuji International Art Center on September 21, 2023 in Shanghai, China. The 14-page German manuscript, signed by Einstein, explains the theory of relativity to the public in an accessible way. The manuscript, which will be auctioned by Chinese and foreign collectors at Christie's 10th anniversary auction in Shanghai on September 23, is estimated to fetch about Rmb7m to Rmb10m.

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Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Visitors look at a rare manuscript of Albert Einstein during a preview of the 10th anniversary of Christie's Shanghai auction at the Bund Jiuji International Art Center on September 21, 2023 in Shanghai, China. The 14-page German manuscript, signed by Einstein, explains the theory of relativity to the public in an accessible way. The manuscript, which will be auctioned by Chinese and foreign collectors at Christie's 10th anniversary auction in Shanghai on September 23, is estimated to fetch about Rmb7m to Rmb10m.

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Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Einstein Signed German Manuscript Auctioned

Visitors look at a rare manuscript of Albert Einstein during a preview of the 10th anniversary of Christie's Shanghai auction at the Bund Jiuji International Art Center on September 21, 2023 in Shanghai, China. The 14-page German manuscript, signed by Einstein, explains the theory of relativity to the public in an accessible way. The manuscript, which will be auctioned by Chinese and foreign collectors at Christie's 10th anniversary auction in Shanghai on September 23, is estimated to fetch about Rmb7m to Rmb10m.

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(SP)BRAZIL-SAO PAULO-FOOTBALL STAR-PELE-DEATH

(SP)BRAZIL-SAO PAULO-FOOTBALL STAR-PELE-DEATH

(221229) -- SAO PAULO, Dec. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People stand near the Israelita Albert Einstein Hospital where former Brazilian football star Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pele, died in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Dec. 29, 2022. Pele, three-time World Cup champion, died on Thursday at the age of 82 in the hospital, victim of colon cancer, his doctors officially reported. (Xinhua/Rahel Patrasso)

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(SP)BRAZIL-SAO PAULO-FOOTBALL STAR-PELE-DEATH

(SP)BRAZIL-SAO PAULO-FOOTBALL STAR-PELE-DEATH

(221229) -- SAO PAULO, Dec. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man stands in front of the Israelita Albert Einstein Hospital where former Brazilian football star Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pele, died in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Dec. 29, 2022. Pele, three-time World Cup champion, died on Thursday at the age of 82 in the hospital, victim of colon cancer, his doctors officially reported. (Xinhua/Chen Haoquan)

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(SP)BRAZIL-SAO PAULO-FOOTBALL STAR-PELE-DEATH

(SP)BRAZIL-SAO PAULO-FOOTBALL STAR-PELE-DEATH

(221229) -- SAO PAULO, Dec. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man shows a flag of Santos F.C. outside the Israelita Albert Einstein Hospital where former Brazilian football star Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pele, died in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Dec. 29, 2022. Pele, three-time World Cup champion, died on Thursday at the age of 82 in the hospital, victim of colon cancer, his doctors officially reported. (Xinhua/Chen Haoquan)

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(SP)BRAZIL-SAO PAULO-FOOTBALL STAR-PELE-DEATH

(SP)BRAZIL-SAO PAULO-FOOTBALL STAR-PELE-DEATH

(221229) -- SAO PAULO, Dec. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man shows a flag of Santos F.C. outside the Israelita Albert Einstein Hospital where former Brazilian football star Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pele, died in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Dec. 29, 2022. Pele, three-time World Cup champion, died on Thursday at the age of 82 in the hospital, victim of colon cancer, his doctors officially reported. (Xinhua/Chen Haoquan)

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(SP)BRAZIL-SAO PAULO-FOOTBALL STAR-PELE-DEATH

(SP)BRAZIL-SAO PAULO-FOOTBALL STAR-PELE-DEATH

(221229) -- SAO PAULO, Dec. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man shows a book outside the Israelita Albert Einstein Hospital where former Brazilian football star Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pele, died in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Dec. 29, 2022. Pele, three-time World Cup champion, died on Thursday at the age of 82 in the hospital, victim of colon cancer, his doctors officially reported. (Xinhua/Rahel Patrasso)

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(SP)BRAZIL-SAO PAULO-FOOTBALL STAR-PELE-DEATH

(SP)BRAZIL-SAO PAULO-FOOTBALL STAR-PELE-DEATH

(221229) -- SAO PAULO, Dec. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People gather outside the Israelita Albert Einstein Hospital where former Brazilian football star Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Pele, died in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Dec. 29, 2022. Pele, three-time World Cup champion, died on Thursday at the age of 82 in the hospital, victim of colon cancer, his doctors officially reported. (Xinhua/Rahel Patrasso)

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Postcard signed by Einstein in 1922 found in Japan

Postcard signed by Einstein in 1922 found in Japan

OTSU, Japan - A postcard bearing a signature by Albert Einstein is shown in this file photo taken at a museum in western Japan on July 4, 2014. The card, signed during the physicist's visit to Japan in 1922 after winning the Nobel Prize, was discovered in the Eizaburo Nishibori Memorial Explorer Museum in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, dedicated to the scientist who led the first Japanese expedition to the Antarctic.

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Einstein's handwritten essay about Japan released

Einstein's handwritten essay about Japan released

TOKYO, Japan - The Keio University Library releases to the press on March 3, 2014, a draft essay handwritten by theoretical physicist Albert Einstein about his impression of Japan on the occasion of his 1922 visit.

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Old piano played by Einstein returns to Japan's Nara hotel

Old piano played by Einstein returns to Japan's Nara hotel

NARA, Japan - Toshiyuki Tsuji, chief of Nara Hotel's Planning Department, shows the piano which Albert Einstein played in the hotel in Nara, Nara Prefecture, in 1922. The U.S.-made piano, which was seized by the General Headquarters of the allied powers soon after the end of World War II and then ended up in the Modern Transportation Museum in Osaka, returned to the hotel on Jan. 9 for the first time in 64 years. Einstein stayed at the hotel during a visit to the city while he was in Japan. The hotel found the piano in the process of reviewing its own history on the 100th anniversary of its establishment in 1909.

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Einstein's letter to Roosevelt fetched $1.9 mil.

Einstein's letter to Roosevelt fetched $1.9 mil.

NEW YORK, United States - Albert Einstein's famous letter (photo) dated Aug. 2, 1939, to then U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in which Einstein wrote about the potential of a chain reaction using uranium for the ''construction of extremely powerful bombs,'' is sold for a record price of $1.9 million at Christie's auction in New York on March 27.

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EGYPT-CAIRO-ARTIST-MINIATURE SCULPTURES

EGYPT-CAIRO-ARTIST-MINIATURE SCULPTURES

(220109) -- CAIRO, Jan. 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian artist Fady Francis cleans his handmade miniature statue of physicist Albert Einstein at his workshop in Cairo, Egypt, on Jan. 2, 2022. On a table in downtown Cairo, Fady Francis, 30, aligns miniature sculptures of 100 influential world figures, standing side by side in harmony, although the figures were from different cultures, spoke different languages and lived in different eras in history. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa) TO GO WITH Feature: Egyptian artist carves miniature sculptures of 100 influential world figures

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Einstein's letter to Roosevelt fetched $1.9 mil.

Einstein's letter to Roosevelt fetched $1.9 mil.

NEW YORK, United States - Albert Einstein's famous letter (photo) dated Aug. 2, 1939, to then U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in which Einstein wrote about the potential of a chain reaction using uranium for the ''construction of extremely powerful bombs,'' is sold for a record price of $1.9 million at Christie's auction in New York on March 27.

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I.Q. (1994)

I.Q. (1994)

Walter Matthau, Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins Characters: Albert Einstein,Catherine Boyd,Ed Walters Film: I.Q. (USA 1994) Director: Fred Schepisi 25 December 1994 Date: 25 December 1994

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I.Q. (1994)

I.Q. (1994)

Walter Matthau & Tim Robbins Characters: Albert Einstein & Ed Walters Film: I.Q. (USA 1994) Director: Fred Schepisi 25 December 1994 Date: 25 December 1994

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I.Q. (1994)

I.Q. (1994)

Lou Jacobi, Joseph Maher, Walter Matthau, Gene Saks Characters: Kurt Godel,Nathan Liebknecht,Albert Einstein,Boris Podolsky Film: I.Q. (USA 1994) Director: Fred Schepisi 25 December 1994 Date: 25 December 1994

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I.Q. (1994)

I.Q. (1994)

Tim Robbins & Walter Matthau Characters: Ed Walters & Albert Einstein Film: I.Q. (USA 1994) Director: Fred Schepisi 25 December 1994 Date: 25 December 1994

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I.Q. (1994)

I.Q. (1994)

Joseph Maher, Gene Saks, Walter Matthau, Lou Jacobi Characters: Nathan Liebknecht,Boris Podolsky,Albert Einstein,Kurt Godel Film: I.Q. (USA 1994) Director: Fred Schepisi 25 December 1994 Date: 25 December 1994

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I.Q. (1994)

I.Q. (1994)

Walter Matthau Characters: Albert Einstein Film: I.Q. (USA 1994) Director: Fred Schepisi 25 December 1994 Date: 25 December 1994

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I.Q. (1994)

I.Q. (1994)

Walter Matthau Characters: Albert Einstein Film: I.Q. (USA 1994) Director: Fred Schepisi 25 December 1994 Date: 25 December 1994

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I.Q. (1994)

I.Q. (1994)

Tim Robbins, Gene Saks, Walter Matthau, Joseph Maher Characters: Ed Walters,Boris Podolsky,Albert Einstein,Nathan Liebknecht Film: I.Q. (USA 1994) Director: Fred Schepisi 25 December 1994 Date: 25 December 1994

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I.Q. (1994)

I.Q. (1994)

Walter Matthau Characters: Albert Einstein Film: I.Q. (USA 1994) Director: Fred Schepisi 25 December 1994 Date: 25 December 1994

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Real Genius (1985)

Real Genius (1985)

Val Kilmer & Albert Einstein Film: Real Genius (USA 1985) Director: Martha Coolidge 07 August 1985 Date: 07 August 1985

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Young Einstein (1988)

Young Einstein (1988)

Yahoo Serious & Kaarin Fairfax Characters: Albert Einstein & The Brunette Film: Young Einstein; (1988) Director: Yahoo Serious 15 December 1988 Date: 15 December 1988

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Young Einstein (1988)

Young Einstein (1988)

Yahoo Serious Characters: Albert Einstein Film: Young Einstein; (1987) Director: Yahoo Serious 15 December 1988 Date: 15 December 1988

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Young Einstein (1988)

Young Einstein (1988)

Yahoo Serious Characters: Albert Einstein Film: Young Einstein; (1988) Director: Yahoo Serious 15 December 1988 Date: 15 December 1988

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Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

Takaaki Kajita, a Nobel laureate in physics, holds a press conference in Kashiwa, Japan, on Feb. 12, 2016, after an international team of scientists announced the detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time predicted 100 years ago by Albert Einstein in a physics theory, from colliding black holes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

File photo taken in November 2015 shows a part of "KAGRA," a gravitational wave detector, installed in Hida in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu. KAGRA research team members celebrated in Osaka on Feb. 12, 2016 the detection by an international team of scientists of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time predicted 100 years ago by Albert Einstein in a physics theory, from colliding black holes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

Takaaki Kajita, a Nobel laureate in physics, holds a press conference in Kashiwa, Japan, on Feb. 12, 2016, after an international team of scientists announced the detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time predicted 100 years ago by Albert Einstein in a physics theory, from colliding black holes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

Takaaki Kajita, a Nobel laureate in physics, holds a press conference in Kashiwa, Japan, on Feb. 12, 2016, after an international team of scientists announced the detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time predicted 100 years ago by Albert Einstein in a physics theory, from colliding black holes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

Members of the research team on "KAGRA," a gravitational wave detector, watch a screen at Osaka City University in the early hours of Feb. 12, 2016, broadcasting an announcement by an international team of scientists on its detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time predicted 100 years ago by Albert Einstein in a physics theory, from colliding black holes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

File photo taken in November 2015 shows a part of "KAGRA," a gravitational wave detector, installed in Hida in the central Japan prefecture of Gifu. KAGRA research team members celebrated in Osaka on Feb. 12, 2016 the detection by an international team of scientists of gravitational waves, ripples in space-time predicted 100 years ago by Albert Einstein in a physics theory, from colliding black holes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

Scientists report detection of gravity waves theorized by Einstein

File photo shows theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, who postulated the existence of space-time ripples caused by whirling massive objects in his general theory of relativity. An international team of scientists announced on Feb. 11, 2016 that they have detected gravitational waves, ripples in space-time predicted by Einstein 100 years ago, from colliding black holes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel laureate Kajita seeks to confirm Einstein's prediction

Nobel laureate Kajita seeks to confirm Einstein's prediction

A tunnel in the central Japanese city of Hida, Gifu Prefecture, where the KAGRA cryogenic gravitational wave telescope will be housed, is shown to local citizens in October 2014. Institute for Cosmic Ray Research Director Takaaki Kajita, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2015, is expected to work on the detection of gravitational waves in space to confirm Albert Einstein's prediction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Old piano played by Einstein returns to Japan's Nara hotel

Old piano played by Einstein returns to Japan's Nara hotel

NARA, Japan - Toshiyuki Tsuji, chief of Nara Hotel's Planning Department, shows the piano which Albert Einstein played in the hotel in Nara, Nara Prefecture, in 1922. The U.S.-made piano, which was seized by the General Headquarters of the allied powers soon after the end of World War II and then ended up in the Modern Transportation Museum in Osaka, returned to the hotel on Jan. 9 for the first time in 64 years. Einstein stayed at the hotel during a visit to the city while he was in Japan. The hotel found the piano in the process of reviewing its own history on the 100th anniversary of its establishment in 1909. (Kyodo)

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iQLANDIA, science center, Albert Einstein statue

iQLANDIA, science center, Albert Einstein statue

A part of the iQLANDIA science center is seen on August 26, 2020, in Liberec, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Radek Petrasek)

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Einstein's 1922 memos written in Tokyo auctioned off for $1.8 million

Einstein's 1922 memos written in Tokyo auctioned off for $1.8 million

Two memos by Albert Einstein, seen in this file photo, on life and happiness, written during his stay in Tokyo in 1922, sold for a total of $1.8 million at auction in Jerusalem on Oct. 24, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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