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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 31 Dec 2014

    Clocks on the Prime Meridian track GMT - Greenwich Mean Time. As kid, I always wanted there to be GHT - Greenwich Happy Time.

    4:23 PM - 31 Dec 2014
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      1. Turian Death Machine.‏ @Nickipedia101 31 Dec 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson Greenwich Peanut Butter Jelly Time....

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      1. Erica Cameron‏ @ByEricaCameron 31 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson I had a student once ask me if A.D. stood for After Dinosaurs ;-)

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      2. Nancy Lee Krieger 🗽Kicking Cancer's A$$ 🥊‏ @hlthiskrieger 31 Dec 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson 🎉🌹#ScienceistheNewRock&Roll

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      3. Tammy Thompson‏ @TammyTopcat186 31 Dec 2014
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        @hlthiskrieger @neiltyson great hashtag 😊

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      1. Mark Riedl  ✈️ SFO‏ @mark_riedl 31 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson Since there is a Meantime Brewery, I assume there must also be a Happy Hour.

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      1. François Revol‏ @mmu_man 31 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson let's switch to peer2peer and make a DHT, Distributed Happy Time!

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      1. that witch‏ @LOGANeWADE 31 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson THIS IS SO CUTE OMG

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      2. Brett Haase  🌎 🚀 ✨ 👻 👽 🤖 💫‏ @brett7three 3 Jan 2015
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        @neiltyson @AhraniLogan Where you can always find your #HappyTime. (-:

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      2. Martin Niro‏ @FindingNiro 31 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson You should follow @GreenwichMean ...

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      1. Kathryn‏ @ImgusMelo 31 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson thought you'd love this one willy

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      1.  🎶 💊  🎢  😷 🎶‏ @plinythemidlkid 31 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson Introducing @GreenwichMean . So mean.

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      1. Keaton Patti‏Verified account @KeatonPatti 31 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson Neil, I told you to wait to tweet this joke. We gotta workshop it a little more.

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      1. Alahyo Amira‏ @alahyo 31 Dec 2014
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        @neiltyson Not to be confused with Greenwich Happy Hour :)

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      2. Martin Badke, CJL  🌎  🍁  🗝‏ @lauxmyth 31 Dec 2014
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        - @neiltyson In a statistically perfect world, GMT lines up with Greenwich Median Time and Greenwich Mode Time.

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      3. Claudia 🌴 🐾 🌵‏ @ct_la 31 Dec 2014
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        @lauxmyth You win this thread! @neiltyson

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      1. Zachary Kent‏ @zkent 7 Jan 2015
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        @neiltyson Greenwich Happy Time sounds a lot like "its 5'oclock somewhere"

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      1. NourTrabelsi‏ @nourtra00456201 3 Jan 2015
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        @neiltyson @brett7three I really like this Physicist!!! XD

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