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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] 5 points 2 years 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.