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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 22 Dec 2014

    If we had 12 fingers, I wonder whether the Bill of Rights to the American Consitiution would have been 12 amendments long.

    11:05 AM - 22 Dec 2014
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      2. VeryHiddenGeniusHat‏ @Popehat 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        .@neiltyson If we had ten fingers, would eggs be packaged by the half score?

        4 replies 6 retweets 11 likes
      3. VeryHiddenGeniusHat‏ @Popehat 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Popehat

        .@neiltyson If we had nine fingers, would the Barad Dur fall and the true heir of Elendil be restored to his rightful throne?

        4 replies 10 retweets 24 likes
      4. VeryHiddenGeniusHat‏ @Popehat 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Popehat

        .@neiltyson If we had prehensile tails, could Abraham Lincoln have saved himself by wresting the gun from John Wilkes' Booth's hand?

        5 replies 14 retweets 13 likes
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      2. Cuffy‏ @CuffyMeh 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        #BongRip RT @neiltyson: If we had 12 fingers, I wonder whether the Bill of Rights would have been 12 amendments long.

        14 replies 27 retweets 12 likes
      3. Ursus, Director of Weather and Banana Programming‏ @AceofSpadesHQ 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @CuffyMeh

        dude, stick to your area of expertise (fabricating quotes, smearing critics, spinning self-serving justifications) @CuffyMeh @neiltyson

        2 replies 28 retweets 21 likes
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      2. jon gabriel‏Verified account @exjon 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        You gonna pass the bong or what? MT @neiltyson If we had 12 fingers, I wonder whether the Bill of Rights would have been 12 amendments long.

        13 replies 41 retweets 28 likes
      3. ConservativeLA‏ @ConservativeLA 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @exjon

        @exjon Have you ever really looked at your hands? @neiltyson

        4 replies 2 retweets 4 likes
      4. jon gabriel‏Verified account @exjon 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @ConservativeLA

        @ConservativeLA Ha! You beat me to the joke.

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      5. ConservativeLA‏ @ConservativeLA 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @exjon

        @exjon An harmonic convergence of the obvious. :-)

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. David Burge‏ @iowahawkblog 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Base 10 arithmetic is fingerist. MT @neiltyson If we had 12 fingers, I wonder whether the Bill of Rights would have been 12 amendments long.

        36 replies 46 retweets 37 likes
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      2. Scott‏ @GreatScottLP 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Actually @neiltyson, there were 12 proposed amendments to the Constitution and only ten were ratified! So there might have been 12 all along

        2 replies 6 retweets 11 likes
      3. VanRyderLP‏ @VanRyderLP 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @GreatScottLP

        @GreatScottLP @neiltyson Did you just school Neil deGrass Tyson? Can't decide if I'm impressed or stunned...

        0 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
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      2. VeryHiddenGeniusHat‏ @Popehat 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        .@neiltyson If we had four stomachs, would parents demand children finish chewing their cud before leaving the table?

        4 replies 4 retweets 12 likes
      3. EXTREMELY ORANGE MAN BAD‏ @Spivonomist 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @Popehat

        @Popehat @neiltyson If Ph'nglui mglw'nafh, would Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn?

        0 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
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      2. RBe‏ @RBPundit 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        RBe Retweeted Neil deGrasse Tyson

        You know how I know you've never even bothered finding out why there were only 10 amendments? https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/547105568461447169 … @neiltyson

        RBe added,

        Neil deGrasse TysonVerified account @neiltyson
        If we had 12 fingers, I wonder whether the Bill of Rights to the American Consitiution would have been 12 amendments long.
        6 replies 9 retweets 2 likes
      3. Area Man‏ @lheal 22 Dec 2014
        Replying to @RBPundit

        @RBPundit A page of history is worth a thousand volumes of supposition. @neiltyson

        0 replies 2 retweets 4 likes
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