Historical Photographs with Fascinating Stories Behind Them

[post_page_title]Einstein[/post_page_title]

On his 72nd birthday, Nobel prize winner Albert Einstein apparently got sick of smiling for photographs. Instead, the scientist did what many of us have done sometime in our lives and stuck out his tongue.

Einstein

The picture, captured by photographer Arthur Sasse, became one of the most iconic photographs of the century. Einstein himself reportedly loved the picture too, and ordered nine copies of it for himself. After his death, Einstein’s estate licensed the photo for publication, but it was nearly left out because editors weren’t sure it was appropriate.

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