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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 18 Aug 2016

    Nearly twice as dense as lead, one cubic foot weighs more than 1,200 pounds. #ThatsGold.

    6:01 PM - 18 Aug 2016
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      2. kurt #resist lockwood 🌊‏ @MrKurtLockwood 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        I thought this was a @realDonaldTrump joke before I got to "gold"

        2 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
      3.  🎀BettyBlaze'sMind 🎀‏ @BettyBlazexxx 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @MrKurtLockwood @KurtLockwoodXXX and

        hahahaha

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Delusional Sunset‏ @TheFireflyGrave 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BettyBlazexxx @KurtLockwoodXXX and

        #ThatsTrump

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Sergi Blanch Motenai‏ @motenai 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        OMG, really, as a scientist, watching you use feet and pounds as units of measurement makes me cry big time xD

        2 replies 1 retweet 13 likes
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      1. SpoopyNio ☆ SF‏ @ADogXSenpai 18 Aug 2016
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        i thought Trump was twice as dense as lead :p

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      1. The Hand Of Fear‏ @TheHandOfFear 18 Aug 2016
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        Feet? Pounds? Why not furlongs or hands? Metric, man, come on!

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      2. MAGA  🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸‏ @Vault_Stuffer 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        nice insight, black science man

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
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      1. Duke9555‏ @duke9555 18 Aug 2016
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        @neiltysonpic.twitter.com/vTiyk3AmCZ

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      1. Anthony Howe‏ @SirWumpus 18 Aug 2016
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        I thought for moment you were describing a politician; very dense, over weight, and think they're like go(l)d.

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      1. Jam-O'-Lantern  🎃 🎃‏ @jamenta 18 Aug 2016
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        "What we perceive as reality is a process that involves our consciousness." ~Robert Lanza, #B #p23 #Science

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      1. Michael Doyle‏ @Call_Me_Doyle 18 Aug 2016
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        Thought maybe you were describing the @realDonaldTrump's brain. #whew

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      1. Lando Calrissian‏ @Faz3rs 18 Aug 2016
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        ily

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      1. SecuriMay‏ @MayerOnSecurity 18 Aug 2016
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        what would that be in pizza

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      1. Jackson Tiburcio‏ @el_hombre_guz 18 Aug 2016
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        LOVE U TYSON

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      1. Publius Novus‏ @PubliusNovus 20 Aug 2016
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        I met that guy at McDonald's @neiltyson

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      1. Nick‏ @muscadyne 18 Aug 2016
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        Thanks. You, Bill Nye, and the guy who played Napoleon Dynamite rock the world for us scientists.

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      1. Antoinette‏ @starshine_3 18 Aug 2016
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        Is that why people's hearts get heavy?

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      1. eric mclaughlin‏ @eric_mclaughlin 18 Aug 2016
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        cubic foot of lead 2016. Still less dense.

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