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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 5 Nov 2013

    .@blinkinfigs: Need science trivia for the local bar? OK. If Jupiter were a Chevy Impala, what would Pluto be? A Matchbox car

    2:13 PM - 5 Nov 2013
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      1. Deirdre Kelleghan‏ @skysketcher 5 Nov 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Pluto would be a side car as it is not allowed to be a real car anymore :-)

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      2. Katrina Goddam Coleman‏ @KatrinaLColeman 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @blinkinfigs You mean because it was a treasured piece of my childhood that was cruelly taken from me by the spiteful universe?

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      1. blinkinfigs‏ @blinkinfigs 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson i need 9 more, please?!?!

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      1. David Brady‏ @dbrady 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @blinkinfigs Point of order: it would be a Matchbox "replica motorized passenger vehicle". As of 2006, Pluto is no longer a "car"

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      2. Matt Sperling‏ @sickofit 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @blinkinfigs lol, show up to trivia, first question is "If Jupiter were a Chevy Impala, what would Pluto be?" I'd walk out.

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      3. Kevin Boddy‏ @bevinkoddy 5 Nov 2013
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        @mtg_law_etc @neiltyson @blinkinfigs get this nerd shit out of here where's the ken griffey trivia

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      4. Matt Sperling‏ @sickofit 5 Nov 2013
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        @bevinkoddy @neiltyson @blinkinfigs If Ken Griffey Sr. were a jar of orange marmalade, what would Ken Griffey Jr. be?

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      1. Michael Gladis‏Verified account @MichaelGladis 18 Dec 2013
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        @neiltyson Do you ever wish you were a neutrino? Shot forth from the sun & able to pass through space & moons & planets & people undetected?

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      1. This is PrisThrilla Time‏ @priscellie 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @blinkinfigs At least you’d still call it a car.

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      1.  💫BeccaKitty ⚡️‏ @BeccaKitty0217 10 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @blinkinfigs Is it sad that this post excited me because you made the car a Chevy Impala? I've got problems..heh

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      1. bm_tweets‏ @bm_tweets 6 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson and earth would be?

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      1. Chris:Not-The-Surety‏ @eXistenZmatrix 6 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @blinkinfigs Matchbox never made any 1:48 scale cars so trivia would be inaccurate

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      1. Daniel Hartz‏ @vtsongwriter09 6 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @blinkinfigs I was thinking micro-machine. Or one of those cars from the game of Life board game.

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      1. Bruce L. Norman‏ @Desert770 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson love these size &scale comparisons! More please!

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      1. OldCrank‏ @OldCrank 5 Nov 2013
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        @neiltyson @blinkinfigs I think that makes the Earth my Roomba...

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