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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 26 Jul 2015

    Passed 4-million Twitter followers over the weekend. A milestone only because we count in base 10. In base 16 it’s 3D0900.

    3:28 PM - 26 Jul 2015
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      2. GCU Gravitas Failure‏ @ZorkFox 26 Jul 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson In base 4,000,000 it's one. You're just beginning!

        2 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
      3.  👻 HAUNTenil 🔜TwitchCon‏ @autenil 26 Jul 2015
        Replying to @ZorkFox

        @ZorkFox @neiltyson Close. It would be 10 in base-4,000,000 :) All possible Unicode values wouldn't be enough for the ones column though.

        2 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
      4. GCU Gravitas Failure‏ @ZorkFox 26 Jul 2015
        Replying to @autenil

        @autenil @kpillaip Whoops! Thank for correcting me. :)

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      2. nikki giatras‏ @nikkigiatras 26 Jul 2015
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson pls look at my painting neiLpic.twitter.com/mPCuvC9pH5

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      1. curse melberger‏Verified account @chrismelberger 26 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson this is why we follow you

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      2. Eric J Baker‏ @PeaceYoImOut 26 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson I'm right behind you at 134 followers.

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      2. Tyler‏ @Cooter 26 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson I just farted into a black hole and created another dimension is this bad

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      1. Krishna Vedati‏ @kvedati 26 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson :) A short program for kids to learn Decimal to Hex conversion :) https://www.tynker.com/play?p=55b557eee0edb8dd208b45cc … #STEM #Coding @gotynker

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      1. Chris Pietschmann‏ @crpietschmann 26 Jul 2015
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        .@neiltyson Yup, our counting and math would likely be done differently if we evolved with more or fewer than 10 fingers

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      1. Danny Woodburn‏Verified account @DannyWoodburn 26 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson what's your theory on #Lavalantula ? Real right?

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      2. Jim‏ @blogginglily 26 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson and in binary?

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      3.  👻 HAUNTenil 🔜TwitchCon‏ @autenil 26 Jul 2015
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        @blogginglily @neiltyson 1111010000100100000000. Still easily represented by a 32-bit number.

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      4. Jim‏ @blogginglily 26 Jul 2015
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        @autenil @neiltyson whew. I wouldn't want to have to go to 64

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      1. Chris Ruppel‏ @rupl 26 Jul 2015
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        @neiltyson set this to be your Twitter bg color: http://www.color-hex.com/color/3d0900 

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