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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 19 Sep 2014

    “Arctic" derives from Arktos, the Greek word for Bear. The Arctic's got em. (For now.) The Ant-Arctic doesn't.

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      1. Ocular Nervosa‏ @ocularnervosa 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson It's like they're polar opposites.

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      2.  🌱 ⬆️ ♓ ⬆️ 🌿‏ @GEWZER 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson the ant arctic just has ants

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      3. JAKrist‏ @JAKrist2 19 Sep 2014
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        @GEWZER @neiltyson LOL that is what I thought too... ???

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      1. Beau "they're coming to get you, Barbara" Paul‏ @GentlemanBeau 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson knowing that the world is divided into "Bears" and "No-Bears" makes me happy.

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      1. Seth Schendel‏ @SethSchendel 19 Sep 2014
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        “@neiltyson: “Arctic" derives from Arktos, the Greek word for Bear. The Arctic's got em. (For now.) The Ant-Arctic doesn't.” Never knew that

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      2. EnterElysium  🏳️‍🌈‏ @EnterElysium 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson And the brown bear is 'Ursus Arctos', literally 'bear bear' [latin then greek]

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      3. EnterElysium  🏳️‍🌈‏ @EnterElysium 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson We aren't a very imaginative species sometime...

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      1. Tacoctubre  🎃 💀‏ @taquerosatanico 19 Sep 2014
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        *le hace calzón chino a @neiltyson y lo mete al casillero*

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      1. Séamus Bellamy‏Verified account @SeamusBellamy 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson but it does have ant-bears going for it, so there’s that.

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      1. blair houghton‏ @blair_houghton 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson comes directly from the direction of the constellation of the bear. not because of where the bears are.

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      1. Christopher Jensen‏ @grocerystorebar 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson correlation =/= causation

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      1. Steve‏ @Cadrieu 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson @seemakalia If they were at the Antarctic we wouldn't have emperor penguins etc. the bears would eat them all in short order.

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      1. Codester Alan‏ @lalitsunar47 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson oh!! nice.... I am huge fan of urs cause i Luv carl sagan.....

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      1. Andrew Harken‏ @fizxphrique 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson the Ant-Arctic got penguins, fair trade

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      1. theo craig 🎂‏ @TheoCraig 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson keep dropping that #knowledge! Love it.

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      1. Ryan Wright‏ @ryanwright 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson Doesn't have ants either.

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      1. Burnt‏ @brentlivengood 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson Arctic Monkeys bro

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      2. dominic hamon‏ @runtime 19 Sep 2014
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        @neiltyson I always thought it was 'arktikos' or 'near the bear', or 'to the north', given the prominence of ursa major in the northern sky.

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