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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 17 Apr 2013

    Even More #HouseholdMysteries: Pens that disappear even if you don't budge. One brightness burns out within a three-way bulb.

    8:43 AM - 17 Apr 2013
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      1. Ant O'Neill‏ @Wavyhill 17 Apr 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Another #HouseholdMysteries - USB plugs that only insert on the third rotation, thus appearing to have a quantum spin of 720°

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      2. Serotonin's Gone‏ @SerotoninsGone 17 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson #HouseholdMysteries Even number of socks go into the dryer, an odd number come out.

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      3. Leona‏ @Leona_Prodouz 17 Apr 2013
        Replying to @SerotoninsGone

        @SerotoninsGone @Jenny_Trout I think socks reproduce in the wash, gaining 1 sock at a time. I don't remember buying 40 pairs of sport socks!

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      1. Hype Dysune‏ @Dysune 17 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson The way headphone chords get tied in knots in your pocket. The lonely sock in your drier. #householdmysteries

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      1. Ken from Chicago‏ @KenFromChicago 17 Apr 2013
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        .@neiltyson More #HouseholdMysteries:Accidents you couldn't do on purpose in 1M yrs (eg, knock pen off desk, off foot, into floor vent).

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      1. Maryann Rose‏ @rosebudflorida 17 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson The twist tie on the loaf of bread disappears into the cosmos. #HouseholdMysteries

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      1. amdownzintel‏ @amdownzintel 17 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson I think you should help out the Verge and do a video on http://www.theverge.com/science  their new sub category.

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      1. Aaron Vanderpoel  🎲‏ @aaronv 17 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson #HouseholdMysteries Passing through doorways severely impairs memory.

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      2. Joe J‏ @JoeCamera 17 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson #HouseholdMysteries how earbuds tangle into a knot within seconds of being placed in your pocket.

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      2.  🏳️‍🌈Ofjoseph Trout 🔮‏Verified account @Jenny_Trout 17 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson Where the heck are all my socks going? #HouseholdMysteries

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      1. Michael V. Paul‏ @MV_Paul 25 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson Sometimes pen disappearances can be accounted for:http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/13/czech-president-steals-pen …

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      1. Thomas Hughes‏ @tomhughes63 20 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson Maybe you have a ferret you don't know about:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgOlVWUrs-A …

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      1. Michael Burkhardt  ⚠️‏ @mihobu 18 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson hmm... you can't lose just one brightness, you'd lose two (low and high or med and high) or maybe that's the mystery. hmm...

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      1. YawarAmin.re‏ @yawaramin 18 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson how electrical cords tangle and catch at exactly the most inconvenient places.

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      1. Scott Rasso‏ @SRasso 17 Apr 2013
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        @neiltyson I never had the problem of pens mysteriously disappearing until I got married.

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