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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 28 Nov 2014

    #WhenIWasYourAge: You needed a can opener to open a can of beer. And you’d put two holes in it. The second, for air flow.

    1:45 PM - 28 Nov 2014
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      1. Cheetah Pizza‏ @CheetahPizzas 28 Nov 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        #WhenIWasYourAge Bottle caps required an opener. Feet used caps to open up skin and vessels. @NeilTyson

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      2. PHeven‏ @stevematic 28 Nov 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson a beer can opener was often called a "church key"

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      3. Dave‏ @Dave_in_718 28 Nov 2014
        Replying to @stevematic

        @stevematic @neiltyson I always thought the church key was a bottle opener. Lol .

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      4. PHeven‏ @stevematic 28 Nov 2014
        Replying to @Dave_in_718

        @Dave_in_718 was thinking of a cheap one that you buy at the beer store w/ can opener on one end and bottle opener on the other

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      2. the spectre of babski‏ @neonbabel 28 Nov 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Neil, I still put a second hole for flow. #ventology @xjoexpegx @stevenbloops

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      1. Thomas Matta‏ @TomMattaBigBand 28 Nov 2014
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        @neiltyson @Corbin_and_Rick Miller Lite's punch-top can made it easier to pour down the toilet.

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      1. David Epley‏ @ThatDavidEpley 28 Nov 2014
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        @neiltyson #WhenIWasYourAge Mr. Wizard was my hero.

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      1. Carole Dorsey‏ @carole_dorsey 1 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson Still have three...with the Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer title engraved on them!

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      1. Dave Curtis  🔴 🛰 +  ☀️ 🛰‏ @dwcssl 28 Nov 2014
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        @neiltyson I recall my grandfather saying when he was my age the ice man delivered ice by horse drawn carrige

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      1. Favstar.fm 1000★'s‏ @favstar1000favs 28 Nov 2014
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        @neiltyson Congrats on your 1000★ tweet! http://favstar.fm/t/538448547297759232 …

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      1. Bennie T Crouch‏ @Etlepore 28 Nov 2014
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        @neiltyson lol, barbaric!

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      1. Dave‏ @Dave_in_718 28 Nov 2014
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        @neiltyson @onesedonia and then the cans would rust on the side of the road since they weren't made of aluminum.

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      1. Bill Clark‏ @Fish_Doctor 28 Nov 2014
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        .@neiltyson a beer can opener was called a #ChurchKey #WhenIWasYourAge ;)

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      1. Dave Z‏ @Gooden_Uggla 28 Nov 2014
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        @neiltyson And we liked it! #PasstheChurchKey

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      1. HorrorQueen 🤘‏ @adevaratsinge 28 Nov 2014
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        @neiltyson that's how I opened my gigantic can of Hawaiian punch 😄

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      1. Bryan Statz‏ @bstatz 28 Nov 2014
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        @neiltyson really? I don't believe it.

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      2. Rick Gethin‏ @rickgethin 28 Nov 2014
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        @neiltyson #IRememberThoseDays

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