Showing posts with label Stephen Hawking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stephen Hawking. Show all posts

Friday, March 13, 2026

What are some cool lesser-known facts about Stephen Hawking?

 (I) Stephen Hawking once tried to find potential time travellers by throwing a party and only sending out invitations after the party.

(II) Hawking was born on Galileo's 300 death anniversary and died on Einstein's birth date.

(III) Stephen said "outside of our own universe lies another different universe-- and in that universe, Zayn is still in one direction."

(IV) Hawking outlived his life expectancy due to ALS by over 50 years.

(V) He is the only person to ever portray himself in the star Trek universe.

(VI) When asked what his IQ was, Stephen said "I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers."

(VII) Timothy Hawking added swear words to his dad's (Hawking) voice synthesiser as a prank.

(VIII) In his final book Brief Answers to big questions Stephen mentioned "there is no god in the universe and no one directs our fate."

(IX) When Stephen was 9, he was ranked as a dull student in the Class.

(X) Stephen got married & divorced twice.

(XI) He could speak upto 15 words per minute, that too with a help of a speech generating device.

(XII) Hawking has written a children book named George's secret key to the universe.

(XIII) His life story was the subject of the 2014 film The Theory Of Everything, starring Eddie Redmayne.

(XIV) During his school time, Hawking was nicknamed as Einstein.