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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 11 Oct 2010

    Italy valued cathedrals while Spain valued explorers. So worldwide, five times as many people speak Spanish than Italian

    7:30 AM - 11 Oct 2010
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      2. Simone De Giuseppe‏ @brutusway 23 Jan 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson yeah. Amerigo Vespucci, Cristoforo Colombo and Marco Polo were all architects.

        2 replies 2 retweets 22 likes
      3. Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 23 Jan 2016
        Replying to @brutusway

        @brutusway Italy paid for none of the great voyages of the Italian explorers. That was Spain and Portugal.

        11 replies 19 retweets 140 likes
      4. Carlos Ribeiro‏ @carribeiro 23 Jan 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @brutusway (1) Italy didn't exist; (2) Venice and Geneva were incumbents & had no incentive to dismantle their own trade empire..

        1 reply 1 retweet 11 likes
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      2. The Deathly Pallor‏ @hayBEARS 22 Jan 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        actually, @neiltyson, the correct term is "conquerors," not "explorers." the lands they "explored" belonged to the people who lived there.

        3 replies 10 retweets 57 likes
      3. Alhakofi‏ @okakashofa 22 Jan 2016
        Replying to @hayBEARS

        @hayBEARS omg you just actually-ed @neiltyson.

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. The Deathly Pallor‏ @hayBEARS 22 Jan 2016
        Replying to @okakashofa

        @Alhakofi @neiltyson and now I'm going to go hide under something.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Luka Mlinar‏ @lukamlinar 23 Feb 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Yet one third of the world is Catholic.

        4 replies 3 retweets 43 likes
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      1. Urui Shepard‏ @Urui_Shepard 2 Apr 2014
        Replying to @DNMRULES

        @DNMRULES @neiltyson nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

        0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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      2. Sean Moore‏ @morelikeregular 22 Jan 2016
        Replying to @NDH_j_m_f

        @mflynny Nice to know that @neiltyson is a fan of colonialism.

        2 replies 2 retweets 7 likes
      3. Nieds Dead Horse‏ @NDH_j_m_f 22 Jan 2016
        Replying to @morelikeregular

        @morelikeregular @neiltyson And has apparently never heard of Vespucci.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Sean Moore‏ @morelikeregular 22 Jan 2016
        Replying to @NDH_j_m_f

        @mflynny @neiltyson Or Cabot. Or, come to think of it, the fact that the Spaniards planted cathedrals all over the Western Hemisphere.

        0 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
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      2. Kathleen Crowther‏ @Sacrobosco2013 22 Jan 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson that's because they slaughtered ca. 50 million people who spoke languages other than Spanish and took over their land.

        1 reply 2 retweets 19 likes
      3. Carlos  🇪🇸‏ @ferolitico 23 Jan 2016
        Replying to @Sacrobosco2013

        @Sacrobosco2013 @neiltyson Los antepasados de los actuales estadounidenses exterminaron a los nativos americanos. Por eso se habla inglés.

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      4. Kathleen Crowther‏ @Sacrobosco2013 23 Jan 2016
        Replying to @ferolitico

        @ferolitico @neiltyson Too true. Did not mean to imply Spain the only colonizers. My English ancestors played their part in genocide.

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