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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 17 May 2017

    During gentle snowfalls, I try to catch Snowflakes on my tongue, but only the big, clumpy ones. #ExpressionsOfImmaturity

    1:00 PM - 17 May 2017
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      2. FearlessSon‏ @FearlessSon 17 May 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        I like to look up into the snowfall and pretend I am racing past stars at super-luminal speeds. #ExpressionsOfImmaturity

        4 replies 1 retweet 20 likes
      3. Make it stop!!!‏ @brit_ellison 17 May 2017
        Replying to @FearlessSon @neiltyson

        yes! driving when it's snowing 😄feels like light speed

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
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      1. Mean Adam  🎃‏ @Mean_Adam 17 May 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Tastes like climate change.pic.twitter.com/dGETV7GGIO

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      1. A Sentient JDAM‏ @A_Sentient_JDAM 17 May 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." -C. S. Lewis

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      2. Wayne Dixon‏ @waynedixon 17 May 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Do you wait for January Snow Flakes?

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      3. WiezGuy‏ @Wiezguy 17 May 2017
        Replying to @waynedixon @neiltyson

        That is when they are ripe!

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      1. James Devoy‏ @JwDevoy 17 May 2017
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        I make up stories to songs on my iPod while I'm walking down the road and giggle when they're good.

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      1. tree.bee.501‏ @tree_bee_501 17 May 2017
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        dude - you're eating star dust. that dust coulda been somebody, someday.

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      1. Cousin Mike‏ @cuznmyk 17 May 2017
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        I bet that big-ass porn 'stash catches most of them.

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      1. Bradley Mitchell‏ @BradleyMitchel3 17 May 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Small snowflakes need love too Mr. Tyson

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      1. Mike‏ @17kardiackids 17 May 2017
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        everyone knows that snow is really just unicorn poop, think about that next time you're doing this. #iwashomeschooled

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      1. Leandro Lefa‏ @leandrolefa 17 May 2017
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        You're a human being that practices being human. That's why you're so fascinating.

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      1. Gabriel‏ @Zephead123 17 May 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Snowflakes are another of your big globe fake news , they are really angel tears. Flat earth forever. (Just joking people )

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      1. claire‏ @claraandneil 17 May 2017
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        We are so alike

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      2. Andy Dwyer‏ @EndyO_ 17 May 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @DanielRivero27 even my man Neil fucks with snowflakes

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      2. Green Llama‏ @RealGreenLlama 17 May 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        I went all over the US years ago when I was little and even went to Canada for Christmas to see family members, and still haven't seen snow.

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      3. Ryan Amirault  🇨🇦‏ @RCAstudios 17 May 2017
        Replying to @RealGreenLlama @neiltyson

        Yeah a good portion of Canada doesn't get snow until January these days. Climate change!

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      4. Green Llama‏ @RealGreenLlama 17 May 2017
        Replying to @RCAstudios @neiltyson

        I know but even with everywhere else I've been, I still haven't seen it. I live in Florida so being here on it's own provides nothing, haha.

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