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Einstein was an exceptional human being – and his brain was out of the ordinary, too! A study found that his parietal lobe was 15% larger than average. That’s the region of the brain that is responsible for mathematical thought and spatial cognition.

Math can be downright interesting! For example, most mathematical equations were written in words before the 16th century! Could you imagine what that must have looked like?! Speaking of which, did you know that ‘Forty’ is the only number that is spelled with the letters arranged in alphabetical order?

In a famous study it was proven that children who are able to delay gratification 15 times as long as their more impatient peers score 210 points higher on their SAT's. If your child loves books, be glad – children who are raised in a home containing at least 500 books are 36 percent more likely to graduate from high school!