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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson Apr 8

    Forgive me. Forgot about the lone exception in the universe to Newton’s 3rd Law. @MCHammer -- He can touch you, but “You can’t touch this."pic.twitter.com/4DoEjVyw51

    11:06 AM - 8 Apr 2018
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    • Akhil TRC Kyler Quirk Josh 🚀 InstaGlam305 Kile9459 Megha Shyam Gollu Alex Pong Brittney s t e v e n                      :)
    353 replies 4,865 retweets 31,977 likes
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      2. Subodh‏ @incubus_312 Apr 8
        Replying to @neiltyson @MCHammer

        Was your previous tweet an elaborate setup for this joke? Not complaining, just asking...

        2 replies 4 retweets 90 likes
      3. Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson Apr 8
        Replying to @incubus_312 @MCHammer

        Legit question. No. The follow-up tweet arose only after the many references in that Twitter thread to MC Hammer.

        11 replies 6 retweets 280 likes
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      2. Steph, the Godless Heathen‏ @sal2017intj Apr 8
        Replying to @neiltyson @MCHammer

        I love you, Neil. You're brilliant yet so down to earth.

        1 reply 0 retweets 18 likes
      3. Sergio Gonzalez‏ @SergioG07589403 Apr 8
        Replying to @sal2017intj @neiltyson @MCHammer

        I see what you did there.

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      4. Steph, the Godless Heathen‏ @sal2017intj Apr 8
        Replying to @SergioG07589403 @neiltyson @MCHammer

        pic.twitter.com/wecDTqWgiS

        0 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
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      2. CIRIRICA‏ @BlyadRunner Apr 8
        Replying to @neiltyson @MCHammer

        You know Neil had to do it to empic.twitter.com/BOw7xDSyQn

        2 replies 3 retweets 34 likes
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      2. James Hill‏ @RonwellQDobbs Apr 8
        Replying to @neiltyson @MCHammer

        This was 3.b - The Law of Legitimacy (In Relation to the Ability to Quit)

        1 reply 1 retweet 20 likes
      3. Mr Z Pal‏ @bl4k0p2 Apr 8
        Replying to @RonwellQDobbs @neiltyson @MCHammer

        I see what you did therepic.twitter.com/AkzelA2Ci3

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        0 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      4. End of conversation
      1. Natalia Reagan‏Verified account @natalia13reagan Apr 8
        Replying to @neiltyson @MCHammer

        I choose to believe this is how you exited the conversation.pic.twitter.com/sQ5U9BIBkL

        0 replies 1 retweet 22 likes
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      1. chrissy‏ @ChristineMMoran Apr 8
        Replying to @neiltyson @MCHammer

        Too legitpic.twitter.com/6BfAnrpgtq

        0 replies 0 retweets 27 likes
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      2. Jarrett Bellini‏Verified account @JarrettBellini Apr 8
        Replying to @neiltyson @MCHammer

        We never really defined what "this" was. And now I'm too scared to ask.

        1 reply 0 retweets 24 likes
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      1. FRΛNKLINSTEIN‏ @Franklinsteinnn Apr 8
        Replying to @neiltyson @MCHammer

        Hammers Law

        0 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
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      2. Mike Pesca‏Verified account @pescami Apr 8
        Replying to @neiltyson @smotus @MCHammer

        In 1989 his career was most certainly in motion. But then....?

        3 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      3. Seth Kaplan‏ @sethlkap Apr 8
        Replying to @pescami @neiltyson and

        Just because things in motion tend to remain in motion doesn't mean that motion WILL continue. In showbiz as in physics there is no actual perpetual motion machine

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
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