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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
Joined January 2009

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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson Oct 5

    #IKnewIWasOld when I had no interest in accelerating faster than the guy next to me out of the traffic light that just turned green.

    7:35 AM - 5 Oct 2018
    • 2,494 Retweets
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    680 replies 2,494 retweets 25,088 likes
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      2. Christopher‏ @Christo64659855 Oct 5
        Replying to @neiltyson

        We're all accelerating through the universe fast enough anyways.

        1 reply 54 retweets 100 likes
      3. Christopher‏ @Christo64659855 Oct 5
        Replying to @Christo64659855 @neiltyson

        if you were driving a Model S you might of been tempted

        2 replies 55 retweets 83 likes
      4. Christopher‏ @Christo64659855 Oct 5
        Replying to @Christo64659855 @neiltyson

        Is this an example of relativity?

        4 replies 12 retweets 82 likes
      5. N￳е￳i￳I￳󠀴 d￳e￳G￳r￳a￳s￳sе￳󠀴 T￳y￳s￳￳о￳n￳ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ‏ @marilyn23165104 Oct 5
        Replying to @Christo64659855 @neiltyson

        N￳е￳i￳I￳󠀴 d￳e￳G￳r￳a￳s￳sе￳󠀴 T￳y￳s￳￳о￳n￳ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ Retweeted

        Hello guys, https://twitter.com/FokinaEupraxia/status/1048236921946824704 …

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        3 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
      6. Christopher‏ @Christo64659855 Oct 5
        Replying to @marilyn23165104 @neiltyson

        me out of the traffic light that just turned green.

        0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      7. End of conversation
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      2. Chase W.‏ @DualDoppler Oct 5
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Neil at the green light, c. 1994pic.twitter.com/UvBbsxbI8L

        6 replies 22 retweets 437 likes
      3. Maxx McKinney‏ @max_xwell Oct 5
        Replying to @DualDoppler @neiltyson

        This is gold

        1 reply 1 retweet 31 likes
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      2. Seth Rollins‏Verified account @WWERollins Oct 5
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Get ya a @Tesla NTD, and you’ll feel young at every red light again.

        19 replies 67 retweets 940 likes
      3. Nancy Lynn‏ @NancyDesalvo Oct 5
        Replying to @WWERollins @neiltyson @Tesla

        Careful with that Tesla Seth but enjoy! Glad you are doing something to help the environment too! Much love and respect! ❤

        1 reply 1 retweet 11 likes
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      2. Jarrett Bellini‏Verified account @JarrettBellini Oct 5
        Replying to @neiltyson

        I smoked your ass that day! Guess who got to Target thirty seconds earlier. THIS GUY!

        4 replies 2 retweets 193 likes
      3. Preston Edward Ferry‏ @ferry_preston Oct 5
        Replying to @JarrettBellini @neiltyson

        My god that would be awesome!

        0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Greyelk‏ @Greyelk4 Oct 5
        Replying to @neiltyson

        I dont think that makes you old. Just wiser than the average. As there is no point in trying to race everyone every where. Lol

        2 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
      3. Adam Duffy‏ @Adamduffyy Oct 5
        Replying to @Greyelk4 @neiltyson

        I mean it’s fun 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

        0 replies 1 retweet 34 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Taylor Gautreaux‏ @MTGautreaux Oct 5
        Replying to @neiltyson

        I beat about 90% of the people who don’t know we’re racing

        4 replies 2 retweets 93 likes
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      2. Dianne Gallagher‏ @DianneGallagher Oct 5
        Replying to @neiltyson

        That’s how I knew I was a female.

        1 reply 0 retweets 30 likes
      3. Cesar Castellanos ♛ ♜ ♞‏ @_GOATCAST Oct 5
        Replying to @DianneGallagher @neiltyson

        That’s how you knew??... 😂😂

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Balls Running Wild‏ @sociablerecluse Oct 5
        Replying to @_GOATCAST @DianneGallagher @neiltyson

        I just realized I’m a female, and I have a penis.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Cesar Castellanos ♛ ♜ ♞‏ @_GOATCAST Oct 5
        Replying to @sociablerecluse @DianneGallagher @neiltyson

        Pshhhhh 😂😂🤣🤣

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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