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The more you learn, the more you know. The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother to learn.

Stephen Hawking

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Stephen Hawking
Age: 76 †
Born: 1942
Born: January 8
Died: 2018
Died: March 14
Astronomer
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Autobiographer
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Mathematician
Non-Fiction Writer
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