5 kids smarter than Albert Einstein

Two British girls recently notched IQ scores of 162, beating out Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates, and the godfather of modern physics himself

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Albert Einstein is one of history's brightest minds, but recently, two girls too young to drive both bested his alleged IQ score of 160. The budding geniuses, ages 15 and 12 respectively, earned official IQ scores of 162, putting them in the top 1 percent of the population. (The average IQ is 100.) But they're hardly the first youngsters to beat Einstein in the smarts department — at least on paper. Here, a few notable kids who recently scored higher than Mr. Relativity:

1. Fabiola Mann

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