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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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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine being the clumsy bastard who killed Hawking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

A friend of mine almost ran him over once when Hawking randomly swerved out into the road in front of him. He was pretty wild in his own way.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

@inkican

humor and mistakes are what makes us human.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

His interview with John Oliver is funny.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

So he really was a robot?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

There was a rumor that he would 'accidentally' run over the toes of people he didn't like. When asked about it, he said something like "that's not true, and I'll run over anyone who says it is."