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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 20 Jul 2015

    Blue Marble - 2015 Edition. "Sun-lit, teeming with life, framed in darkness…" http://on.fb.me/RR3Tao pic.twitter.com/mVgXdWMQKY

    1:33 PM - 20 Jul 2015
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      1. termi‏ @lucapabluciano 22 Jul 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson in Neil we trust...pic.twitter.com/fHEMVXErs2

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      2. Indygrl76‏ @Indygrl76 20 Jul 2015
        Replying to @DJDadMCMom

        @DJDadMCMom @neiltyson @BigHeadSports No. Hitler was a Catholic.

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      4. Selina Meyer, Rogue Killer‏ @selina3sticks 20 Jul 2015
        Replying to @2dAmMuslim

        @2dAmMuslim @DJDadMCMom @Indygrl76 @neiltyson @BigHeadSports Thus all atheists are Nazis!

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      6. Haver‏ @HaverOfOpinions 20 Jul 2015
        Replying to @2dAmMuslim

        @2dAmMuslim @lemonseinfeld @DJDadMCMom @Indygrl76 @neiltyson @BigHeadSportspic.twitter.com/6SfdyMpmKG

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      7. Selina Meyer, Rogue Killer‏ @selina3sticks 20 Jul 2015
        Replying to @HaverOfOpinions

        @HaverOfOpinions @2dAmMuslim @DJDadMCMom @Indygrl76 @neiltyson @BigHeadSports BURN CITY that's where that T-shirt came from AMIRITE

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      1. Slotyp_ist‏ @Slotyp_ist 20 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson Fool! I told you not to shake the jar! Now you've got them mad."pic.twitter.com/ejAFhzlbkr

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      2. Dave Wiskus‏Verified account @dwiskus 20 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson Hell of a selfie.

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      3. Lex Friedman‏ @lexfri 20 Jul 2015
        Replying to @dwiskus

        @dwiskus @neiltyson Please note: Scientists have found that selfies are photos taken by one’s self. Thus, because Earth didn’t take this pho

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      4. Dave Wiskus‏Verified account @dwiskus 20 Jul 2015
        Replying to @lexfri

        @lexfri @neiltyson Obviously you’re not a Buddhist.

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      1. mikegrb‏ @mikegrb 20 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson I wish they had retook it, I blinked just as the shutter clicked.

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      1. ELLECT‏ @Ellect217 20 Jul 2015
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        .@neiltyson and "Mother Earth" is grandpa's favorite song so farhttp://youtu.be/NiuAL9ZBrns 

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      2. Jason Erda‏ @3or4trees 2 Jan 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson haven't you stated that Earth is an 'oblate spheroid'?

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      3. Brett Krutiansky‏ @Krutiansky1 25 Jan 2016
        Replying to @3or4trees

        @3or4trees @neiltyson It is an oblate spheroid and yes he has never debated that... he was just calling it a marble as literary prose

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      4. Jason Erda‏ @3or4trees 25 Jan 2016
        Replying to @Krutiansky1

        @Krutiansky1 @neiltyson I've seen plenty of supposed photographs of the earth and not one appeared 'oblately spheroid'

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      5. Dakotah Horace‏ @32OrtonEdge32dh 25 Jan 2016
        Replying to @3or4trees

        @3or4trees @Krutiansky1 Earth bulges 27 miles at the equator, not enough to see from space, but enough that it isn't a perfect sphere.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Dakotah Horace‏ @32OrtonEdge32dh 25 Jan 2016
        Replying to @32OrtonEdge32dh

        @3or4trees @Krutiansky1 draw an imperfect circle/make an imperfect sphere out of something and walk far enough that it looks perfect

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      7. Dakotah Horace‏ @32OrtonEdge32dh 25 Jan 2016
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        @3or4trees @Krutiansky1 if the Earth was the size of a cue ball, it would be smoother than the ball. The smaller it is or appears, the…

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      8. Dakotah Horace‏ @32OrtonEdge32dh 25 Jan 2016
        Replying to @32OrtonEdge32dh

        @3or4trees @Krutiansky1 …smoother it is. don't take my word for it though http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Earth+cue+ball …

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