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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 14 Mar 2017

    3.14159265358979323846264338327950—you need thirty-three digits of pi before a zero shows up. @JohnAllenPaulos, why so many?

    12:03 PM - 14 Mar 2017
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    299 replies 1,520 retweets 7,550 likes
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      2. Stargame‏ @stargamequiz 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos

        Taking pi to 39 digits allows you to measure the circ of the observable universe to within the width of a single hydrogen atom : )

        8 replies 72 retweets 362 likes
      3. Ci‏ @Mynameisgarlic 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @stargamequiz @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos

        Oh man! It doesn't get nerdier than this

        2 replies 2 retweets 52 likes
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      2. DanaCortez‏Verified account @DanaCortez 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos

        I love smart ppl. Can y'all go work for the Trump administration, please

        16 replies 7 retweets 168 likes
      3. Willem‏ @WKuenen 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @DanaCortez @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos

        No, they'd get fired for being too smart.

        4 replies 3 retweets 198 likes
      4. Silver_Cappa‏ @Silver_Cappa 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @WKuenen @DanaCortez and

        So sad that it's true

        2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      5. Willem‏ @WKuenen 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @Silver_Cappa @DanaCortez and

        I know ☹️

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
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      2. John Patterson‏ @DePorkChopra 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos

        You need 45 Presidents before a zero shows up!

        10 replies 61 retweets 660 likes
      3. Terrafying‏ @xHyterra 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @DePorkChopra @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos

        >Implying that there weren't any bad presidents before Trump

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. John Patterson‏ @DePorkChopra 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @xHyterra @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos

        They all had at least SOME redeeming factors.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Tim LeVier‏ @tlevier 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        The string 666,666,666 occurs at position 45,681,781.

        2 replies 3 retweets 40 likes
      3. Sotadragon  🌊‏ @Sotadragon 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @tlevier @neiltyson

        Proof right here that Cheetolini is the devil! 😉

        0 replies 2 retweets 7 likes
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      2. Rie Irish‏ @IrishSQL 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        . @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos because zero pi makes people sad

        2 replies 2 retweets 153 likes
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      2. dap hartmann‏ @daphartmann 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos

        For the same reason that '3' appears 7 times.pic.twitter.com/fFTppTdwH9

        1 reply 2 retweets 29 likes
      3. Pepijn van Erp‏ @pjvanerp 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @daphartmann @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos

        just pick another number base if you like an early zero http://turner.faculty.swau.edu/mathematics/materialslibrary/pi/pibases.html …

        2 replies 2 retweets 20 likes
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      2. Bobby D. Lux‏ @BobbyDLux 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson @JohnAllenPaulos

        zeroes are notoriously shy. Thought this was common knowledge?

        1 reply 1 retweet 30 likes
      3. Mandie Myburg‏ @mariamyburg 14 Mar 2017
        Replying to @BobbyDLux @neiltyson

        . It is because zero is the "fat" one amongst numbers

        0 replies 0 retweets 18 likes
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