TIL During an interview with Stephen Hawking, the camera operator yanked a cable causing an alarm and Hawking to slump forward. (www.biography.com)

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Worried they had killed him, everyone rushed over to find Hawking giggling at his own joke. The alarm was from an office computer losing power.

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[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

No surprise here. The man was not only a genius, from what I have read he and a wicked sense of humour as well.

[-] dismalnow@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

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“I am probably better known for my appearances on The Simpsons and on The Big Bang Theory than I am for my scientific discoveries,” he said in 2013. And for this, he was feted beyond measure.

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