00:47 - 05:25
4m 38s
Stephen Hawking tasks a team of volunteers with replicating the Big Bang on in a hockey rink. The volunteers decide to stand next to each other and inflate balloons to simulate an "explosion." They enlist the help of a professional hockey team since they have trouble staying on the ice and need more people to create a better representation of the Big Bang.
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