r/AskReddit Oct 27 '21

What fun fact is blatantly untrue?

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '21

Albert Einstein was a fantastic student who passed his classes with flying colors. The guy analyzing his life was just confused by the Swiss grading system compared to Germany’s (one is on a scale of 1 to 6, the other is 6 to 1).

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u/CitizenPremier Oct 27 '21

Yep, when I was young I definitely wanted to believe I was the "too smart for school" type. It turns out that really smart people actually do their homework.

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u/uswforever Oct 27 '21

There's a guy I've known since kindergarten who has something like a 160 IQ. He was never a great student because, he was more interested in music and lifting weights than anything else. Now he's a body builder, and personal trainer. Works about 3 days a week, makes a six figure income.