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What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.
Stephen Hawking
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Stephen Hawking
Age: 76 †
Born: 1942
Born: January 8
Died: 2018
Died: March 14
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Stephen William Hawking
S. W. Hawking
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Only time - whatever that may be - will tell.
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