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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 18 Aug 2016

    So malleable, you can hammer a cubic foot of the stuff into a sheet large enough to gild Rio’s Olympic stadium. #ThatsGold

    6:10 PM - 18 Aug 2016
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      1. Mike Beauvais‏ @MikeBeauvais 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        .@neiltysonpic.twitter.com/WD3k7tzw8z

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      2. Jam-O'-Lantern  🎃 🎃‏ @jamenta 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        "The atoms in your fingers are each as empty as a vacant football stadium in which a single fly sits on the 50-yard line" ~Lanza

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      1. Kiwi Carbide‏ @kaiwalyas 18 Aug 2016
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        a catalyst that saves coal miners from CO poisoning #ThatsGold

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      1. CA_Drifter™‏ @CA_Drifter 18 Aug 2016
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        @neiltysonpic.twitter.com/QtqeYN0uum

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      1. sarah‏ @Sarahblegh 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Autstanding!

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      2. BenDover‏ @NineInch_Snails 18 Aug 2016
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        then the Brazilian gangs steal it

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      3. Lance Strongarm‏ @TheWinnerAllDay 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @NineInch_Snails @neiltyson

        then the cops confiscate it for personal use in the name of "protect and serve."

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Porn Valley‏ @Porn_Valley 18 Aug 2016
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        electro plate and you could add the parking lot, the stadium seats and all the parked cars

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      1. Darrell  🖖🏽‏ @TheTrekNerd 18 Aug 2016
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        yes thank you, I'll take one cubic foot of gold.

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      1. Ughost‏ @Ugoretz77 18 Aug 2016
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        . @neiltyson Acapulco gold!

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      1. Himani‏ @himanisharma 19 Aug 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        What do you think about the giant metal hand described in #SleepingGiants. The amount of iridium it uses and the light weight.

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      1. Sean Ankrom‏ @AnkromSean 18 Aug 2016
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        Gold is non-corrosive, if humans were to disappear the longest lasting evidence of us would be our concentrated gold. #ThatsGold @neiltyson

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      1. John Ringoes‏ @JohnRingoes 18 Aug 2016
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        so can I have some?

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      1. Lauren Griffin‏ @topcatlauren 18 Aug 2016
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        #same

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      2. Shane Street‏ @SCStreet 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Make it thin enough and it's green in transmission.

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      3. The Real Monster‏ @pshumate 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @SCStreet

        Goodness knows I've seen it enough.

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      4. Shane Street‏ @SCStreet 18 Aug 2016
        Replying to @pshumate

        You're a man who knows his ultra thin gold films!

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      1. Randy Hilman‏ @hilmanhomes 30 Aug 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        , the unity of lovers separated by geography, "like gold to airy thinness beat" - John Donne

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