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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 15 Nov 2017

    I'd bet Benjamin Franklin would have been really good on Twitter.

    11:08 AM - 15 Nov 2017
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    1,393 replies 9,500 retweets 62,049 likes
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      2. Yazhini‏ @YazhiniManimudi 15 Nov 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Explain

        7 replies 2 retweets 32 likes
      3. Spoopygnome 👻 ☠ 🎃‏ @beergnome1st 15 Nov 2017
        Replying to @YazhiniManimudi @neiltyson

        He was extremely witty and had a bit of a skewed sense of humor.

        5 replies 4 retweets 297 likes
      4. MJS‏ @MichaelJSuich 15 Nov 2017
        Replying to @beergnome1st @YazhiniManimudi @neiltyson

        Good with one liners

        2 replies 2 retweets 115 likes
      5. Spoopygnome 👻 ☠ 🎃‏ @beergnome1st 15 Nov 2017
        Replying to @MichaelJSuich @YazhiniManimudi @neiltyson

        There's also an urban legend that they didn't allow him to pen any part of the Declaration of Independence because they thought he would write jokes into it. Not sure if that's true, but sounds about right.

        6 replies 12 retweets 319 likes
      6. MJS‏ @MichaelJSuich 15 Nov 2017
        Replying to @beergnome1st @YazhiniManimudi @neiltyson

        *imagining alternate universe where Ben DID get the jokes in*

        6 replies 5 retweets 238 likes
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      2. Grant‏ @grantw90 15 Nov 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        How about Mark Twain?

        9 replies 0 retweets 117 likes
      3. Huseyin‏ @aitchsquared 15 Nov 2017
        Replying to @grantw90 @neiltyson

        Yeah but it would have taken him forever to write each tweet ;)

        1 reply 0 retweets 44 likes
      4. Nick Hill‏ @biastad 15 Nov 2017
        Replying to @aitchsquared @grantw90 @neiltyson

        He would shine with a 28,000 character Tweet limit.

        2 replies 0 retweets 67 likes
      5. Krieg‏ @CGusKriegus 15 Nov 2017
        Replying to @biastad @aitchsquared and

        I don’t know if Twain would dig the 240 limit. He once said some German words are so long, they have perspective

        5 replies 0 retweets 42 likes
      6. Huseyin‏ @aitchsquared 15 Nov 2017
        Replying to @CGusKriegus @biastad and

        that's excellent, never heard that one before! He was particularly scathing about German word order I seem to remember. Or should I say: About German word order, to remember I seem, particularly scathing was he.

        5 replies 0 retweets 23 likes
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      8. Huseyin‏ @aitchsquared 15 Nov 2017
        Replying to @Hosss63 @CGusKriegus and

        Possible, it is.

        0 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
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      2. St Peter‏ @stpeteyontweety 15 Nov 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        He’d electrify the place!

        5 replies 1 retweet 77 likes
      3. Harry *Fluffy Puff* Young‏ @hyoungwrites 15 Nov 2017
        Replying to @stpeteyontweety @neiltyson

        It almost flew over my head before I realized that lightning was 'key.'

        1 reply 1 retweet 17 likes
      4. MoonLoop‏ @astro_aird 15 Nov 2017
        Replying to @hyoungwrites @stpeteyontweety @neiltyson

        I laughed and I hate you both.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. Harry *Fluffy Puff* Young‏ @hyoungwrites 15 Nov 2017
        Replying to @astro_aird @stpeteyontweety @neiltyson

        “Lost Time is never found again.” I wonder if Poor Richard was talking about Twitter?

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Penn‏Verified account @Penn 15 Nov 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        "If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him." -Benjamin Franklin You might have something there, Neil.

        2 replies 10 retweets 44 likes
      3. Jake‏ @Phronesus 15 Nov 2017
        Replying to @Penn @neiltyson

        “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” -Benjamin Franklin

        1 reply 3 retweets 5 likes
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