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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 26 Feb 2014

    .@thisiswhyimhotz Just to clarify, in my previous tweet, “wee” = six sextillionths of a millimeter.

    10:23 PM - 26 Feb 2014
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      2. Spectre of Kailmunism  👻 ☭‏ @WorkerSpice 26 Feb 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        .@neiltyson whats your favorite song by Santana featuring Rob Thomas

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      2. A Haunted Tesla‏ @mal4m 26 Feb 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson With enough people in the same general area doing pushups simultaneously, we could push the earth out of orbit?

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      3. Joe Flaherty‏ @joef_3 26 Feb 2014
        Replying to @mal4m

        @radionarcotix @neiltyson Back of the envelope math: To move the earth 1m would take all 7 billion humans doing a quadrillion pushups each.

        4 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. A Haunted Tesla‏ @mal4m 26 Feb 2014
        Replying to @joef_3

        @joef_3 So it's totally doable!

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      2. Benjy Bronk‏Verified account @bronk 26 Feb 2014
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        @neiltyson @thisiswhyimhotz so not a good excuse for not working out?

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      1. Unholy Codpiece‏ @StanDaDevil 26 Feb 2014
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        “@neiltyson: .@thisiswhyimhotz Just to clarify, in my previous tweet, “wee” = six sextillionths of a millimeter.”

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      1. Cheetah Pizza‏ @CheetahPizzas 26 Feb 2014
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        @neilTyson trying to sneak sextillionth education onto internet. @thisiswhyimhotz

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      1. Hrafna‏ @HR4FN4 7 Apr 2014
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        @neiltyson @thisiswhyimhotz Guess that makes most Scots sound pretty scientific.

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      1. -‏ @jlmaegan09 25 Mar 2014
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        @neiltyson @thisiswhyimhotz what will happen if all the people in the world did a push-up all at once?

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      1. Love Springs Ethereal‏ @CerenkovLight 28 Feb 2014
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        @neiltyson @thisiswhyimhotz You got him to say "Sex"

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      1. Dr. Square‏ @rockfootMD 27 Feb 2014
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        @neiltyson so if six sextillion of us all did push u.... Oh wait we're a few orders of magnitude short there eh?

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      1. Belinda Chinea‏ @belindachinea 27 Feb 2014
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        @neiltyson Are there smells or aromas in an ungravitised (?) environment such as the space station?.

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      1. Lawrence Carico‏ @caesura30 27 Feb 2014
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        @neiltyson. Except if you're Chuck Norris.

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      1. Sikk Pow‏ @SikkPow 27 Feb 2014
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        @neiltyson but still: all the stars in the universe tremble as a result

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      1. Bob Arrington‏ @Arrington19 27 Feb 2014
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        @neiltyson @thisiswhyimhotz That is the distance between the t's or the t and n.

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