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haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 4 Dec 2012

    Things you might say if you flunked Astro101: "Behind the comet flies an alien spaceship that will rescue us."

    3:01 PM - 4 Dec 2012
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      1. Teresa ZM‏ @teresazm 5 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson OUCH! the last time that happened, everybody died!

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      1. jazzgtrplayer‏ @jazzgtrplayer 4 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson Can start this? #flunkedastro101 At the end of the universe, the spaceship falls down the waterfall.

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      1. talk/write/web‏ @thirdlanguage 4 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson Astro101: flunked. Creative writing popular enough to start a religion/cult: check.

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      1. Ben Carson‏ @somerandomben 4 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson Though it could make you a pretty awesome fiction writer. Surprise twist: It's a human ark, rescuing an alien culture.

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      1. Nihilism seems legit‏ @ApostasyPanda 4 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson Heavens gate, brutal. People who say logic is an imprinted quality in humans are just absurd.

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      1. lindsay lohans buff boyfriend‏ @spookylady 4 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson is this what you think about all day

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      2. The Gardner Of Our Consciousness‏ @twink_letits 4 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson that sounds a little less like science and a little more like scientology.

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      3. Alf LaMont‏ @Alflamont 4 Dec 2012
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        @twink_letits Use your celebrity for good, Evan.http://kck.st/SErVCO 

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      4. The Gardner Of Our Consciousness‏ @twink_letits 4 Dec 2012
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        @Alflamont ok it's cool that I don't live there.

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      1. R. Toby Richards‏ @rtobyr 6 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson Did someone actually say that?

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      1. Allen Mitchell‏ @AlVanDang 6 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson I wish I had taken astro101, I'm just a lowly engineer! Lol

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      1. Jordan Bush‏ @jordan_bush 5 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson you need to make this it's own page!!! So great!

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      1. Marcus‏ @BumbleBritches5 5 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson uh, why tf would that give someone an F?

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      1. Eric Alberts ‏ @eric_alberts 5 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson Keep 'm coming! Teach us!

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      1. Actual Name Lol‏ @CreatureLol 5 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson Heaven's Gateway will lead you to HEAVEN, Neil. Or maybe not

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      1. Snowdrifts‏ @snowdrifts 5 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson That would make a pretty great song lyric, though.

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      1. David Knedlik‏ @SlightlyPrplxd 5 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson how does a comet only a few mi wide have enough matter to create an orb Jupiter size and tail millions of mi long?

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      1. Clay Butchart‏ @Donk240978 5 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson The only clear prediction we can make about Dec 21 is it will lead to a rise in Sept births. "OMG! It's our last night together!"

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      1. 𝕵𝖆𝖘𝖔𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 13𝖙𝖍‏Verified account @JasonCT 5 Dec 2012
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        @neiltyson #FinAstro101: "the Earth will explode when it's in alignment with the sun and the center of the Galaxy."

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