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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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New York City
haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/
Joined January 2009

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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson Apr 20

    PRECIOUS AIR: In relative thickness, Earth’s atmosphere is to Earth as the skin of an apple is to an apple.

    10:09 PM - 20 Apr 2018
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    • Robert E Davies Ernest de Vera Emily Fitzgerald 1 dia GP Kitty Alice Kass Prime quiet destroyer
    619 replies 7,561 retweets 45,566 likes
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      2. Flim Flam‏ @legageddon Apr 20
        Replying to @neiltyson

        And we're the knife that peels that skin.

        9 replies 17 retweets 384 likes
      3. anthony  🤯‏ @anthgaston Apr 20
        Replying to @legageddon @neiltyson

        pic.twitter.com/8uDe9Uy579

        0 replies 1 retweet 134 likes
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      2. Lars Bruchmann‏ @pilotlars Apr 20
        Replying to @neiltyson

        pic.twitter.com/hWmLpRlSAf

        6 replies 21 retweets 113 likes
      3. aurora‏ @T49Ri Apr 21
        Replying to @pilotlars @neiltyson

        Is it because too many humans on it ?

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. Lars Bruchmann‏ @pilotlars Apr 21
        Replying to @T49Ri @neiltyson

        Too many fat Americans lol.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2.  🗡 jack the rippah, you beauty m8‏Verified account @dctrjack Apr 20
        Replying to @neiltyson

        What is that in relative thickness to Goku's biceps? And I mean Goku when hes Super Saiyan 4

        9 replies 5 retweets 93 likes
      3. Steve Littleoak‏ @SteveWi36376626 Apr 20
        Replying to @dctrjack @neiltyson

        These are the questions that plague me

        1 reply 0 retweets 53 likes
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      2. Daniel Persson‏ @kalaspuffar Apr 20
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Apple without skin becomes brown (barren waste land) except if you coat it in citrus. Anyone got a truck load of citrus? #planB

        1 reply 0 retweets 34 likes
      3. AndrewTheBringer‏ @Andy1008 Apr 21
        Replying to @kalaspuffar @neiltyson

        Market it as #planC

        0 replies 1 retweet 21 likes
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      1. Mediocrity Bites‏ @NicholasEdwardJ Apr 20
        Replying to @neiltyson

        pic.twitter.com/sGDGQNujXF

        0 replies 1 retweet 55 likes
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      1. kbizzle‏ @kbizzle18 Apr 20
        Replying to @neiltyson

        go to bed, neil

        0 replies 1 retweet 49 likes
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      2. Tcalaquilac (D)‏ @tcalaquilac Apr 21
        Replying to @neiltyson

        if the earth were the size of a golf ball, it would be far, far smoother than a golf ball

        4 replies 0 retweets 15 likes
      3. Juan Peligroso‏ @rimlapper Apr 21
        Replying to @tcalaquilac @neiltyson

        Not to mention uncomfortably crowded.

        1 reply 0 retweets 38 likes
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      1. dedub‏ @dedubb4 Apr 21
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        Idk man. Sometimes you just be...pic.twitter.com/6KTVXpenUg

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      2. Churrolz‏ @goopychurros Apr 20
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Happy 4/20 to you too, bud

        1 reply 0 retweets 41 likes
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      2. @YOU 🔹‏ @you Apr 20
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Is Neil the greatest scientist of our lifetime?

        11 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      3. Bad Warts‏ @brad_schwartz Apr 20
        Replying to @you @neiltyson

        no

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      4. Doug Smith 🇨🇦‏ @Dsmithsquamish Apr 21
        Replying to @brad_schwartz @you @neiltyson

        Cough..Stephen Hawking...cough.

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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