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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 22 Dec 2014

    If we all had twelve fingers, I wonder whether Moses would have delivered twelve commandments from God, instead of ten.

    11:03 AM - 22 Dec 2014
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      2. pourmecoffee‏Verified account @pourmecoffee 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson What is your beef with Moses?

        5 replies 2 retweets 32 likes
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      1. Josh Mishell‏ @joshmishell 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson it was originally 15 commandments, if you remember the documentary "History of the World: Part 1"

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      2. (((Keith)))‏ @kkaplan 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        .@neiltyson for the same reason we have 10 months in a year? Oh wait.....

        2 replies 4 retweets 3 likes
      3. ~WOLFRAM‏ @Wolfram66 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @kkaplan

        @kkaplan @charlescwcooke @neiltyson Romans added 2 in tribute to Julius Caesar (July) and Augustus Caesar (August).

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. (((Keith)))‏ @kkaplan 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Wolfram66

        @Wolfram66 @charlescwcooke @neiltyson Believe it or not, people existed before the Holy Roman Empire: http://www.jewfaq.org/calendar.htm#Months …

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      2. Hermesch Sterben‏ @HermHenry 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson number 11: cut off two fingers

        1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes
      3. Nosh‏ @ThisIsNosh 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @HermHenry

        @HermHenry @neiltyson number 12: there are no rules

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      2. Nagel‏ @Nagelkaloa 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson we'd also probably count on a base twelve system, no?

        3 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      3. Phil H.‏ @sixtyk 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Nagelkaloa

        @Nagelkaloa @neiltyson I was just going to ask that.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. ¡El Sooopèrr! ن c137‏ @SooperMexican 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        If we had 12 fingers, which one would @neiltyson have stuck up his Obama when he tweets his wisdom?

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      2. Prufrock451‏ @prufrock451 22 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson Good one, high six

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      1. François Revol‏ @mmu_man 22 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson I had a CS teacher who said E.T. had 8 fingers to explain the need for octal ;-)

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      1. Couch Correspondent  🦅‏ @notkerouac 22 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson There would also be no middle finger so you pretty much just ruined America.

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      1. JD‏ @nevesytrof 22 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson 11: Be Excellent to Each Other. 12: Party On Dudes!

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      2. The Right is Wrong 🌊‏ @therightswrong 26 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson Or 3 tablets...pic.twitter.com/xjRz1YuqX2

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      3. Karen‏ @2018Bluevoter 26 Dec 2014
        Replying to @therightswrong

        @therightswrong dying 😂😂😂

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      2. HobbesGoblin, Elder Goblin‏ @HobbesQ 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson most things make a lot more sense in Base 12, I bet the commandments would too

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      3. Ernst of His Name‏ @ErnstPauli88 22 Dec 2014
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        @HobbesQ @neiltyson maybe there'd be rules about rape and child abuse?

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