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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 9 Jul 2013

    There are three kinds of people in the world: those who know math and those who don't.

    12:50 PM - 9 Jul 2013
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    515 replies 3,382 retweets 1,746 likes
      1. Joe‏ @JFlinchum131 9 Jul 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson ... now that's funny right there

        0 replies 1 retweet 21 likes
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      2. invierno jovanotti‏ @inviernofunk 9 Jul 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson And the third kind?

        17 replies 2 retweets 2 likes
      3. Halloween: The Nate He Came Home‏ @JediN8 9 Jul 2013
        Replying to @inviernofunk

        @inviernofunk @neiltyson the third kind don't understand humor

        1 reply 1 retweet 24 likes
      4. invierno jovanotti‏ @inviernofunk 9 Jul 2013
        Replying to @JediN8

        @JediN8 your reply was the best

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Halloween: The Nate He Came Home‏ @JediN8 9 Jul 2013
        Replying to @inviernofunk

        @inviernofunk thanks :-)

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      2. Jersey D'Evil‏ @NJDevilNYGuy 9 Jul 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson There are some of us that are neurologically unable to do math but have a great understanding of scientific concepts. #Oddballs

        3 replies 6 retweets 14 likes
      3. Jakub Farobek‏ @jakubfarobek 9 Jul 2013
        Replying to @NJDevilNYGuy

        @NJDevilNYGuy @neiltyson Neurologically unable? Are you saying that you have an underdeveloped brain?

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      4. Jersey D'Evil‏ @NJDevilNYGuy 9 Jul 2013
        Replying to @jakubfarobek

        . @0kasayasan @neiltyson No, I'm saying 1,000's of troops that served in Vietnam were exposed to Agent Orange & their children have issues.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Doug Ellison‏ @doug_ellison 9 Jul 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson There are 10 kinds of people in the world...those who understand Binary, and those who don't.

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Brian Wolven‏ @brianwolven 9 Jul 2013
        Replying to @doug_ellison

        @doug_ellison @neiltyson There are 10 kinds of people - those who understand ternary, those who don't, & those who expected a binary joke.

        0 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
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      1. Tom Racine‏ @tom_racine 9 Jul 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson "Using a new high tech telescope, Neil Tyson has discovered an ancient joke that was uttered 9.43 seconds after the big bang." :)

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      1. Jason Halloween Name ̆̈‏ @XaiaX 9 Jul 2013
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        @neiltyson there are two kinds of people in the world. Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.

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      1. Tachyon Dreams‏ @tachyon_dreams 9 Jul 2013
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        @neiltyson There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't.

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      2. Halloween: The Nate He Came Home‏ @JediN8 9 Jul 2013
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        @neiltyson there are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand the concept of binary and those that don't

        6 replies 29 retweets 42 likes
      3. Brian‏ @briancrandall 10 Jul 2013
        Replying to @JediN8

        @JediN8 @neiltyson There are two types of tweets: funny ones, yours, and this one. #zing

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. David Vogeleer‏ @iamvogey 10 Jul 2013
        Replying to @briancrandall

        @briancrandall @JediN8 @neiltyson if there are n tweets accelerating at a constant velocity towards 3.0 x 10(8) m/s , solve for y #burn

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Brian‏ @briancrandall 11 Jul 2013
        Replying to @iamvogey

        @missinglink @JediN8 @neiltyson 2 funny tweets and an unfunny tweet tug-of-war to a draw. Would 5/8ths of this tweet beat 1+3/5 funny? #pow

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. David Vogeleer‏ @iamvogey 11 Jul 2013
        Replying to @briancrandall

        @briancrandall @JediN8 @neiltyson unfunny tweet leaves NY at 1 @ 50mph & a funny tweet from LA at 9 @ 70mph, when do we laugh in Fiji? #BOOM

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Brian‏ @briancrandall 22 Aug 2013
        Replying to @iamvogey

        @missinglink @JediN8 @neiltyson This tweet, some poison & a radioactive cat are boxed together. Is this tweet both funny and unfunny? #snap

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. David Vogeleer‏ @iamvogey 22 Aug 2013
        Replying to @briancrandall

        @briancrandall @jedin8 @neiltyson 3 doors. Behind 2 are unfunny tweets, and behind the final door is this tweet. Which do you choose?#kablam

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Brian‏ @briancrandall 22 Aug 2013
        Replying to @iamvogey

        @missinglink @JediN8 @neiltyson This tweet retweets all funny tweets that don't retweet themselves. Who retweets this tweet? #bingo

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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