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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 2 Dec 2016

    If you wished upon that first Star you saw tonight in twilight, then it will not likely come true. You wished on planet Venus

    3:12 PM - 2 Dec 2016
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    1,003 replies 12,046 retweets 37,147 likes
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      2. jon gabriel‏Verified account @exjon 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        .@neiltysonpic.twitter.com/Ti2cD0ycf4

        3 replies 15 retweets 29 likes
      3. Andrew S. who is a vampire, maybe? or a pirate?  🎃‏ @shoutingboy 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @exjon @neiltyson

        Look, according to science stars grant wishes and planets don't. Don't blame me, blame science.

        0 replies 4 retweets 11 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. pourmecoffee‏Verified account @pourmecoffee 2 Dec 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        I'm wishing something. Can you guess what it is?

        3 replies 2 retweets 59 likes
      3. Not Maureen Dowd‏ @MaureenDowdTwit 2 Dec 2016
        Replying to @pourmecoffee @neiltyson

        Hey, Dr. T.-- any chance of an asteroid destroying Earth before Jan. 20th? Asking for a nervous country/world.

        1 reply 3 retweets 20 likes
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      2. Vaya con Dios, Bote‏Verified account @TimBaffoe 2 Dec 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        .@neiltyson and by the time my wish actually reached a star my grandchildren would be dead anyway, right, Neil?

        6 replies 1 retweet 30 likes
      3. Lynn Pounian‏ @Panger2018 2 Dec 2016
        Replying to @TimBaffoe

        That is oddly comforting. @neiltyson

        2 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
      4. Vaya con Dios, Bote‏Verified account @TimBaffoe 2 Dec 2016
        Replying to @Panger2018

        I'm all about hypothetical dead grandkids

        1 reply 0 retweets 18 likes
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      1. ghoul about town‏ @slothlevine 2 Dec 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        .@neiltyson so stars actually grant wishes? where does the science start and the lies begin?

        0 replies 5 retweets 29 likes
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      2. Matt Walks‏Verified account @mgwalks 2 Dec 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Dishing out Ls to the world's optimists is what you do best, my man.

        2 replies 13 retweets 156 likes
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      2. Justin Currie‏Verified account @thejustincurrie 2 Dec 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @SnarkyElf I wished on the other one, second left, that's delivering me the story of the inception of the known universe.

        2 replies 2 retweets 12 likes
      3. S. Elf‏ @SnarkyElf 2 Dec 2016
        Replying to @thejustincurrie @neiltyson

        42?

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Justin Currie‏Verified account @thejustincurrie 2 Dec 2016
        Replying to @SnarkyElf

        They just discovered it's 42 only in the eighth dimension. Me neither.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Supreme Science‏ @ScienceAlmighty 3 Dec 2016
        Replying to @thejustincurrie @SnarkyElf

        If you don't mind visiting an alternate dimension, I can demonstrate the spontaneous appearance of energy/mass.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Justin Currie‏Verified account @thejustincurrie 4 Dec 2016
        Replying to @ScienceAlmighty @SnarkyElf

        Planet saved then?

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      7. End of conversation
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      2. Aunti Jenn‏ @InspiraExspira 2 Dec 2016
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Thanks, Neil Downer!

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. goodboyo‏ @goodboyo 2 Dec 2016
        Replying to @InspiraExspira @neiltyson

        He can be a real DeGrasshole. 😂 *rimshot*

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. Aunti Jenn‏ @InspiraExspira 2 Dec 2016
        Replying to @goodboyo @neiltyson

        Haiku: I gazed at Venus and wished for penis, but Neil said planets don't count. 😭⭐️✨💫☄️

        1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
      5. goodboyo‏ @goodboyo 2 Dec 2016
        Replying to @InspiraExspira @neiltyson

        😂😂😂😂😂😂 The Gods are against you and Craig's List is not appealing. LOL

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Aunti Jenn‏ @InspiraExspira 2 Dec 2016
        Replying to @goodboyo

        It's all missed connections.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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