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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 2 Mar 2014

    The element Helium was discovered on the Sun before it was discovered on Earth. Was thus named for Helios the Greek Sun god.

    6:34 PM - 2 Mar 2014
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      2. pourmecoffee‏Verified account @pourmecoffee 2 Mar 2014
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        @neiltyson Where do babies come from?

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      2. noog‏ @noog 2 Mar 2014
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        @neiltyson Everyone tweeting about the Oscars and my man Neil dropping knowledge like it's another day at the office

        1 reply 10 retweets 26 likes
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      1. Mιтcнell ™ Ⓜ️‏ @kade6767 2 Mar 2014
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        @neiltyson I can't believe I went to school. I could've just read your tweets and got my diploma...😜😜

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      2. (((Crobama)))‏ @Crobama 2 Mar 2014
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        @neiltyson Admit it, you just made that up.

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      3. The Daily Show Couch‏ @TDSCouch 2 Mar 2014
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        @Crobama dude, don't mess with @neiltyson, he's so badass, he KILLS planets!

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      4. (((Crobama)))‏ @Crobama 2 Mar 2014
        Replying to @TDSCouch

        @TDSCouch @neiltyson Pluto is a planet, first. And second, I think he makes most of this stuff up. He wasn't there when the sun was born.

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      5. The Daily Show Couch‏ @TDSCouch 2 Mar 2014
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        @Crobama @neiltyson and I have been to the Natural History Museum many times, and I have NEVER seen him there

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      6. (((Crobama)))‏ @Crobama 2 Mar 2014
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        @TDSCouch @neiltyson Exactly.

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      1. Winchell Chung‏ @nyrath 2 Mar 2014
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        @neiltyson of course they also discovered Coronium on the Sun. Until they found out it didn't exist, was actually highly ionized iron.

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      1. Kevin Murakami‏ @kevin_murakami 2 Mar 2014
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        @neiltyson Egads! How was Helium discovered on the Sun before it was on Earth?! Gotta look that up.

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      1. Noah Rosenberg‏ @nrose 2 Mar 2014
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        @neiltyson they didn't know how to pop balloons at first?

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      1. Celeste Headlee‏Verified account @CelesteHeadlee 2 Mar 2014
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        @neiltyson Now say something about gravity!!

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      1. Stephan‏ @alittleolder 26 Mar 2014
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        @neiltyson How did we back then have the capability to detect anything on the sun?

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      1. CrisisActor-GeezerLevel‏ @bming5 19 Mar 2014
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        @neiltyson 'He' is everywhere.

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      1. David Garcia‏ @garciadadloves 17 Mar 2014
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        @neiltyson so he acknowledges geek gods in his quotes,but thrives to disprove peoples belief's that we were created by God not evolution.

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      1. Puma #FreeRaif‏ @PumaBare 16 Mar 2014
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        .@neiltyson Twitter and science, a match made in reality.

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