'Terribly reassuring': Bet you can't guess how Chuck Hagel hurt his face [photos]

Hagel gonna Hagel:

Re: bandage on Hagel's face, defense official tells @ckubeNBC the Secretary was involved in a "minor kitchen mishap" pic.twitter.com/AUELgFJdhl

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) November 11, 2014

“A minor kitchen mishap”? What does that mean, exactly? Here are a few guesses:

@BraddJaffy kitchen mishap? Or did Obama slap him? @kasie @ckubeNBC

— Harsha Radhakrishnan (@hr072) November 11, 2014

https://twitter.com/Dante_Ventriere/status/532249674162659329

@BraddJaffy @Eagle_Vision @ckubeNBC Never swing at a fly with a steak knife. Write that down.

— Shad Surman (@shad_surman) November 11, 2014

https://twitter.com/ppfVikesFan/status/532246793313337345

Dontcha hate it when that happens?

Those are all good theories, but as it turns out, the correct answer is much simpler:

Sec of @DeptofDefense Chuck Hagel sports big bandage at #VeteransDay events; said to have run into a kitchen cabinet. pic.twitter.com/cV0FaZxQ0T

— ChuckGoudie (@ChuckGoudieABC7) November 11, 2014

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It was a million-to-one shot, doc. A million to one!

Peak Hagel MT RT @ChuckGoudieABC7: Chuck Hagel sports big bandage; said to have run into a kitchen cabinet. pic.twitter.com/HhL8IsDy4G

— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) November 11, 2014

our Secretary of Defense is walking into walls and such.

— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) November 11, 2014

this is terribly reassuring @ChuckGoudieABC7 @WilliamAmos @DeptofDefense

— Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming (@AceofSpadesHQ) November 11, 2014