Hannah Fry

things wearing silly hats for the rest of time.

Well, I think it's basically the moment after their death they lose it, really.

I mean, this idea of body snatching or stealing body parts has happened to famous people throughout history.

Einstein is a really good example of this.

His brain was stolen out of his head.

Okay, so he was really deliberate in his instructions.

He did not want to become this relic that was passed around.

He absolutely did not want that for himself.

So he demanded that his entire body be cremated immediately.

That's what Einstein wanted.

And his ashes were scattered in a secret location as well.

But the pathologist who was on call the night that he died, a guy called Dr. Thomas Stoltz Harvey, decided, no, I'm going to take this opportunity.

I think Einstein's wishes are less important than science.

So during the autopsy, he literally stole Einstein's brain.

He hid it away.

He didn't have prior permission from anybody.

And then when the theft was noticed a few days later... How was it noticed?

I'm not sure how.

Maybe they picked him up and were like, this feels a bit like... This head feels like... The hospital was absolutely furious.

But what Harvey did was he sort of circumvented all of the bureaucrats and went directly to Einstein's son...