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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson Dec 31

    HAPPY NEW YEAR on the Gregorian Calendar. January 1. An annually recurring day that carries no scientific significance whatsoever. Roman Coin: The god Janus, looking forward & backwards, after whom the month of January was named.pic.twitter.com/OFThr6K3iJ

    9:01 PM - 31 Dec 2018
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      2. Maycow‏ @MywAntoneli Dec 31
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Why u gotta do this every year Neil ?

        11 replies 6 retweets 538 likes
      3. SwagItUp‏ @swagitsupreme Jan 1
        Replying to @MywAntoneli @neiltyson

        five years of astronomical insignificancepic.twitter.com/ZVjr3VrNcp

        3 replies 28 retweets 237 likes
      4. Killmonger‏ @herr_igor Jan 1
        Replying to @swagitsupreme @MywAntoneli @neiltyson

        Five years of masturbatory pedantism

        1 reply 1 retweet 43 likes
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      2. A Science Enthusiast  🚀‏ @aSciEnthusiast Dec 31
        Replying to @neiltyson

        You must me fun at parties, Neil. NARRATOR: Neil is actually extremely fun at parties.

        10 replies 6 retweets 330 likes
      3. Nate On Cannabis‏ @nateoncannabis Dec 31
        Replying to @aSciEnthusiast @neiltyson

        Why was Morgan Freeman my Narrators voice

        11 replies 1 retweet 162 likes
      4. After Hours Drunk Fed‏ @DrunkFed Dec 31
        Replying to @nateoncannabis @aSciEnthusiast @neiltyson

        You never saw Arrested Development? 🤷‍♂️pic.twitter.com/U5ubFENdtf

        1 reply 0 retweets 27 likes
      5. Lara Christ‏ @Laralelle Dec 31
        Replying to @DrunkFed @nateoncannabis and

        Yep, Ron Howard is my narrator.

        0 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
      6. End of conversation
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      2. Grady Booch‏Verified account @Grady_Booch Dec 31
        Replying to @neiltyson

        “No scientific significance.” Unless you consider when many financial grants begin and end.

        7 replies 12 retweets 560 likes
      3. Nick Sewell‏ @Wsewell525 Dec 31
        Replying to @Grady_Booch @neiltyson

        Exactly, any sort of standard of measurement is significant.

        2 replies 0 retweets 108 likes
      4. topo hobo‏ @topohobo Dec 31
        Replying to @Wsewell525 @Grady_Booch @neiltyson

        truth, and it's amazing we can agree on anything these days, even a unit of measure. "millimeters are ridiculous, long live hexafloozles!"- 2018

        1 reply 1 retweet 33 likes
      5. MoldyCyrus‏ @1bustedlung Jan 1
        Replying to @topohobo @Wsewell525 and

        Only recently has the kilogram and meter been related to a constant rather than an object.

        2 replies 1 retweet 14 likes
      6. Nick Sewell‏ @Wsewell525 Jan 1
        Replying to @1bustedlung @topohobo and

        Do you know how you are able to verify that? By a measure of time we all agreed on

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      7. topo hobo‏ @topohobo Jan 1
        Replying to @Wsewell525 @1bustedlung and

        I would be weird if we had two sunsets a day but, then again, in that case I might only be in my 20's now.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Kyle  🌱‏ @KylePlantEmoji Dec 31
        Replying to @neiltyson @KeavenNair

        I was under the impression that January 1st carried scientific significance. Are you telling me that January 1st carries no scientific significance?

        3 replies 4 retweets 191 likes
      3. MIKHAIL KALASHNIKOV‏ @HitmanPolitical Dec 31
        Replying to @KylePlantEmoji @neiltyson @KeavenNair

        The man just said that and you ask him and you decide to repeat his statement in the form of a questionpic.twitter.com/F6Wwu0rbpE

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Kyle  🌱‏ @KylePlantEmoji Dec 31
        Replying to @HitmanPolitical @neiltyson @KeavenNair

        I just thought that January 1st carried scientific significance and now it has been explained to me that January 1st has no scientific significance

        3 replies 0 retweets 26 likes
      5. Brook Bullock‏ @BullockBrook Dec 31
        Replying to @KylePlantEmoji @HitmanPolitical and

        :-)pic.twitter.com/yLq0IvnKV4

        0 replies 2 retweets 16 likes
      6. End of conversation
      1. Brandon Dearmon‏ @jazzfromthesoul Dec 31
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Here’s to many more laps around the Sun!

        0 replies 11 retweets 236 likes
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      2. Jason Major‏ @JPMajor Dec 31
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Saturn’s 200 km-wide moon Janus, named after the same Roman god, imaged by Cassini on Sept. 25, 2006. Quite scientifically significant.pic.twitter.com/OLNtBivjGO

        10 replies 12 retweets 141 likes
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