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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 13 Jul 2014

    Laws of physics describing gravity & energy conspire to make spheres (like the soccer ball) a common shape in the Universe.

    12:20 PM - 13 Jul 2014
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      1. Alisha King  🎃‏Verified account @Alisha_Beth 13 Jul 2014
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        @neiltyson The only shape where each point on the exterior is equidistant from the center! Equal distance = equal pressure (gravity)! :)

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      1.  👻 Non-Voter  🎃‏ @RegLevy 13 Jul 2014
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        @neiltyson Is it really a sphere? I thought it was just close: tessellated pentagons and hexagons.

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      1. Andy Ryan‏ @ItsAndyRyan 13 Jul 2014
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        @neiltyson Is infinite past possible? Keep hearing "defies 2nd law of thermodynamics & impossibility of traversing infinite amount of time"

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      1. Sergio DⒶvid.‏ @SergioDavidU 13 Jul 2014
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        Love ya<3 @neiltyson

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      2. Fagundes‏ @lsfagundes 13 Jul 2014
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        . @neiltyson so call it football and not soccer.

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      3. Matheus‏ @_mtxr 13 Jul 2014
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        @lsfagundes mas soccer é o nome do esporte

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      4. Fagundes‏ @lsfagundes 13 Jul 2014
        Replying to @_mtxr

        @Matheus_Kajima então como que chamam aquele ovo de bola?

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      5. Matheus‏ @_mtxr 13 Jul 2014
        Replying to @lsfagundes

        @lsfagundes O nome do esporte é Association [Soccer] Football, pra diferenciar de Rugby Football e do Aussie Football que já existiam

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      2. Roy A. Denning‏ @AsteRoyDenning 13 Jul 2014
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        @neiltyson So you plan on making anymore "Great Courses" like The Inexplicable Universe

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      3. Scott Ableman‏ @sableman 16 Jul 2014
        Replying to @AsteRoyDenning

        @roy19d He has another, longer one called My Favorite Universe

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      4. Roy A. Denning‏ @AsteRoyDenning 16 Jul 2014
        Replying to @sableman

        @sableman Thanks, do you know where to find it in the web?

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      5. Scott Ableman‏ @sableman 16 Jul 2014
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        @roy19d from The Great Courses!

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      6. Roy A. Denning‏ @AsteRoyDenning 16 Jul 2014
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        @sableman Makes sense, again Thanks

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      1. Judy Wang 王昭玓‏ @cosmoballbagg 13 Jul 2014
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        “@neiltyson: Laws of physics describing gravity & energy conspire to make spheres (like the soccer ball) a common shape in the Universe.”

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      1. Declan #kick ALL of the nazis off the Tweeterer!!‏ @Myoosli 13 Jul 2014
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        @neiltyson We call it a football over here :) #Ireland

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      1. Donald‏ @Djspillz1337 13 Jul 2014
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        @neiltyson possible origins of calling a person a "square?"

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      1. Gareth Evans‏ @gareth0108 13 Jul 2014
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        @neiltyson @spaceygeek i would have though the oblate spheroid was far more common to to rotation

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      1. Plague Doctor  🎃‏ @awgonnerman 13 Jul 2014
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        @neiltyson Years ago I read that carbon 60 and soccer balls have the same shape. True?

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