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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson Mar 20

    Not that anybody asked, but in an ellipse-shaped room, sound generated at one focus concentrates at the other focus, enhancing audibility.pic.twitter.com/NvJJGU0x57

    5:48 AM - 20 Mar 2018
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      2. Frank The Tank‏ @DynastyFrank Mar 20
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Is this that trick people do in Grand Central Station? They talk in one corner and the person at the other corner could hear them perfectly.

        6 replies 0 retweets 89 likes
      3. Beech‏ @MR_Beecher Mar 20
        Replying to @DynastyFrank @neiltyson

        No Frank, that's called a phone

        6 replies 1 retweet 316 likes
      4. Frank The Tank‏ @DynastyFrank Mar 20
        Replying to @MR_Beecher @neiltyson

        pic.twitter.com/YqZuVfSj12

        1 reply 2 retweets 143 likes
      5. KatTales‏ @KATTALES52 Mar 20
        Replying to @DynastyFrank @MR_Beecher @neiltyson

        pic.twitter.com/eA2S7XEOQa

        0 replies 0 retweets 19 likes
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      2. Windsor Mann‏Verified account @WindsorMann Mar 20
        Replying to @neiltyson

        "Not that anybody asked" should be Twitter's motto.

        6 replies 26 retweets 386 likes
      3. Sefa Aydemir‏ @sfydmr60 Mar 20
        Replying to @WindsorMann @neiltyson

        It should be @Twitter ‘s wallpaper.

        1 reply 1 retweet 13 likes
      4. potatokiller‏ @shoaibadnan870 Mar 20
        Replying to @sfydmr60 @WindsorMann and

        There should be a whole subreddit around it

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      5. Sefa Aydemir‏ @sfydmr60 Mar 20
        Replying to @shoaibadnan870 @WindsorMann and

        https://www.reddit.com/r/notthatanyoneasked/ …

        0 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
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      2. Henk Roux‏ @helloserve Mar 20
        Replying to @neiltyson

        What you're saying is, the White House was designed in an era when the United States still used science and data to make important decisions.

        2 replies 2 retweets 149 likes
      3. ObiWanPEZ‏ @ObiWanPez Mar 20
        Replying to @helloserve @neiltyson

        And The Senate building; there’s another place that has this. Unless the “Oval Office” is, in fact, an oval, and not an ellipse...

        1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
      4. Chris‏ @MrMurder37 Mar 20
        Replying to @ObiWanPez @helloserve @neiltyson

        Technically it is full of squares. Thus its most descriptive group meeting is termed a cabinet. Some are(have) empty drawers, others best used as handles.

        0 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
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      2. Dean Regy‏ @DeanRegy_ Mar 20
        Replying to @neiltyson

        pic.twitter.com/9qt6TjBK8Q

        1 reply 2 retweets 48 likes
      3. Don Patrick‏ @slide95 Mar 20
        Replying to @DeanRegy_ @neiltyson

        Probably safe to assume that's not Betsy DeVos.

        1 reply 0 retweets 45 likes
      4. Pachacuteq‏ @Gustavo_Rocker Mar 20
        Replying to @slide95 @DeanRegy_ @neiltyson

        It's Renata Sorrah

        0 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
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      2. Numberphile‏ @numberphile Mar 20
        Replying to @neiltyson

        As demonstrated by this elliptical pool table!!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KHCuXN2F3I …

        5 replies 9 retweets 149 likes
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      2. Martin Elstone‏ @MartinElstone Mar 20
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Then I'm glad my lounge room isn't that shape or I'd hear my wife all the time.

        5 replies 0 retweets 45 likes
      3. Dan J‏ @SodaJones17 Mar 20
        Replying to @MartinElstone @neiltyson

        pic.twitter.com/6q7xWaeH13

        0 replies 0 retweets 23 likes
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      1. TonyB ☕‏ @ATonyStorm Mar 20
        Replying to @neiltyson

        While improving the audiences ability to hear; it still doesn't improve their ability to listen...

        0 replies 3 retweets 38 likes
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      2. David Lewis‏ @uniondesign Mar 20
        Replying to @neiltyson

        The building where I did my Music degree had these huge concave dome shaped light fixtures in the hallways (a good 5 foot diameter) and you'd get a freaky effect of hearing your own voice amplified if you talked under them at just the right spot.

        1 reply 1 retweet 13 likes
      3. WGBone‏ @WGBone Mar 20
        Replying to @uniondesign @neiltyson

        I had the pleasure of playing in Stan Getz' home a while back. His estate had a room, where we played, *exactly* like the one you just described where he did his practicing. The room is absolutely acoustically perfect.

        1 reply 2 retweets 9 likes
      4. Justin Onymus‏ @justinonymus Mar 20
        Replying to @WGBone @uniondesign @neiltyson

        That's amazing. I bet he put a mic at the other focus. There must be some interesting implications for recording

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      5. WGBone‏ @WGBone Mar 20
        Replying to @justinonymus @uniondesign @neiltyson

        It wouldn't surprise me. The room is so amazing. I recall asking a mate to stand at the other end of the room and we carried on a normal conversation without talking loudly. it was surreal in addition to being warm and resonate. They told us Stan used to practice in this room.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. David Lewis‏ @uniondesign Mar 20
        Replying to @WGBone @justinonymus @neiltyson

        I’ve occasionally noticed this effect in hockey rinks... on the ice. Like at a figure skating session (which aren’t too noisy) sometimes if someone is in the corner talking you can hear them from across the ice.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. WGBone‏ @WGBone Mar 20
        Replying to @uniondesign @justinonymus @neiltyson

        interesting!

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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