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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 3 Feb 2013

    Welcome @halfsail as my millionth Twitter follower. FYI: I tweet mostly random, occasionally coherent, cosmic brain droppings

    6:44 PM - 3 Feb 2013
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    • Toxic Jim @ Gerudo Desert robinite Rubi M. Cori Blackburn 🐶💗 Danny Bergum Crocuta crocuta alyssa v i c t o r i a ❃ mary
    234 replies 193 retweets 546 likes
      1. Brian‏ @bs_unlimited 3 Feb 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Can you imagine how much more advanced the human race would be if kids looked up to @neiltyson instead of any of the Kardashians?

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      2. Don Hydorn‏ @DEverettHydorn 3 Feb 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson mmmm cosmic brain drippings... **Homer Simpson voice**

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      1. KJ_PlustheMagic‏ @plusthemagic 3 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson What would you have guessed you were talking about, if 10 yrs ago you knew you'd say, "welcome, my millionth twitter follower"?

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      1. Steve McPherson‏Verified account @steventurous 3 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson @halfsail Is there another use for Twitter?

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      1. Craig O'Malley‏ @craigomal 3 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson but the most intelligent of tweets of anyone I follow.

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      1. Miles Jackson‏ @mibeco 3 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson I had to hose a bunch of brain droppings off my windshield today. Hope they weren't yours...

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      2. Liz Quilty ♡‏ @LizQuilty 3 Feb 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @halfsail He's lieing, he tweets amazingly cool, take no hostages, science shit :)

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      2. sɔᴉsʎɥdpɐq ꤶ  🦘‏⁧ 🦘‏‏ @BadPhysics 3 Feb 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Like ... oh... EVERYONE ON TWITTER EVER? @neiltyson "@halfsail FYI: I tweet mostly random, occasionally coherent, cosmic brain droppings"

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      3. Brian Wolven‏ @brianwolven 3 Feb 2013
        Replying to @BadPhysics

        @BadPhysics @neiltyson @halfsail No, I think many others tweet droppings from some part of anatomy that is not the brain.

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      2. Jennifer Anne Woods‏ @StillAmJennifer 3 Feb 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Your Brian's effluence is our mana. @halfsail

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      3. Grant Drummond‏ @RJGrantDrummond 3 Feb 2013
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        @StillAmJennifer Brian? :-) @neiltyson @halfsail

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      4. Jennifer Anne Woods‏ @StillAmJennifer 3 Feb 2013
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        @RJGrantDrummond Er... brain. One day I shall have one of those, too. @neiltyson @halfsail

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      1. stevenfarmer‏ @stevenfarmer 5 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson If I had known you would tag, I would have unfollowed you, then refollowed you to try to be 1M!

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      1. Jim Moore‏ @JimMoore1963 4 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson @halfsail Nothing is truly random, even mostly, in this seemingly deterministic universe ;-0

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      1. Siri  🌴‏ @siristone 4 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson Congrats!

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      1. joe blow‏ @flmanhip 4 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson @halfsail wish we could see more of you on TV

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      1. Sir Butt‏ @andross 4 Feb 2013
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        @neiltyson my favorites are when you tweet poems/haikus

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