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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 10 Aug 2012

    If the West Coast had settled before the East Coast then cities like Chicago in the Mid-West would instead be the Middle-East

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      1. Dirty Snachez‏ @DirtySnachez 11 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson Would that mean that our progenitors would have been Asian? Who would have built the trans continental rail?

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      1. Brandon Keepers‏ @bkeepers 11 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson I call everything east of the Mississippi the mezzo-east.

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      1. Sean Kelleher‏ @sepakelleher 10 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson sadly chicago would still hate loving the cubs; go cards!

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      1. Travis Knight‏ @BlueKnight2012 10 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson - THIS MAN IS A GENIUS. TYSON 2016!!!

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      2. Sean Kelleher‏ @sepakelleher 10 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson if canada were settled first then chicago might be south america

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      2. Deb Chachra‏ @debcha 10 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson And Northwestem University would instead be Northeastern University, and Boston would be in the Atlantic Northeast,

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      2. Witch's Brunet‏ @Three_Ninjas 10 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson And we'd probably all speak Chinese with a funny accent.

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      1. Anonomouse‏ @Anonomouse1981 4 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson Being born in Kansas City, MO, I tell people I was born in Central America. Pulling Celt accent helps too.

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      1. Logan Gaither‏ @BookmanLogan 5 Oct 2012
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        @neiltyson: and Chicago would probably be called "New Tokyo," but in Japanese.

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      1. Dylan Rutherford‏ @enix317 30 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson also most Americans would have been of Asian decent rather than European

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      1. Shana Lee‏ @ChanlElvn 16 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson lol

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      1. Brett Ellis‏ @BrettEllis01 13 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson That really would of confused Bush

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      1. Favstar.fm 250★'s‏ @Favstar250 12 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson Congrats on your 250★ tweet! http://favstar.fm/t/234068521921953793 …

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      1. Marcus‏ @MarcusMCMXC 12 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson the middle east is called that because its in the middle of the eastern hemisphere and vice versa with midwest... I think lol

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      1. Simon Zohhadi‏ @SimonZohhadi 12 Aug 2012
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        @neiltyson @WhoopiGoldberg Maybe that's why the American military spend a lot of time in the Middle-East/Persian Gulf, they think it's home!

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      1. alice meeks‏ @unknownalice 12 Aug 2012
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        @neiltysonhttp://youtube.com/thealicemeeks 

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