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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes 5 Aug 2016

    A downside to the discovery of fire: It may have paved the way for smokinghttp://nyti.ms/2aA9SzP 

    11:52 AM - 5 Aug 2016
    • 119 Retweets
    • 189 Likes
    • ACLIENTZ Markus A. Stevenson Anka Wogel Daisy Robles Tanya Hawkins Bahi Latif Cole Streeper Anthony Raunaq Singh
    276 replies 119 retweets 189 likes
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      2. pourmecoffee‏Verified account @pourmecoffee 5 Aug 2016
        Replying to @nytimes

        Everyone in the book club took a vote and you're out. They made me tell you.

        1 reply 44 retweets 193 likes
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      2. Beef Supreme‏ @Supreme____Beef 5 Aug 2016
        Replying to @YoungMacabeus

        Palestinians? Lol. You mean the Arab refugees created by Arab countries by their warmongering against Israel? @nytimes

        2 replies 5 retweets 26 likes
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      4. Beef Supreme‏ @Supreme____Beef 5 Aug 2016
        Replying to @YoungMacabeus

        Modern Israel didn't exist until 1948, Sparky. 5 Arab nations invaded the next day. Read a fucking history book sometime. @YoungMacabeus

        1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
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      6. Beef Supreme‏ @Supreme____Beef 7 Aug 2016
        Replying to @YoungMacabeus

        .@YoungMacabeus Israel did not exist in the 1930s, and I never called anyone an anti-Semite. Anything else?

        0 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
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    1. Marlow Stern‏Verified account @MarlowNYC 5 Aug 2016
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      .@nytimespic.twitter.com/cd4Wst0hr8

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      2. Saved You A Click‏ @SavedYouAClick 5 Aug 2016
        Replying to @nytimes

        It may have. RT @nytimes: A downside to the discovery of fire: It may have paved the way for smoking

        14 replies 94 retweets 281 likes
      3. Justin Kennedy‏ @fraycore 5 Aug 2016
        Replying to @SavedYouAClick @nytimes

        A downside to the discovery of other humans: It may have paved the way to wars.

        1 reply 2 retweets 15 likes
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      2. Steve‏ @stevelocker 5 Aug 2016
        Replying to @nytimes

        downside to the invention of written language: It may have lead to the New York Times.

        13 replies 173 retweets 477 likes
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      2. ClenchdFistofPopehat‏ @Popehat 5 Aug 2016
        Replying to @nytimes

        .@nytimes can you feel shame like people or no

        11 replies 15 retweets 85 likes
      3. Shannon R‏ @Hokuboku 5 Aug 2016
        Replying to @Popehat @robkroese

        The actual article is even more amazing because TUBERCULOSISpic.twitter.com/RRh0GYfmu4

        1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
      4. Robert Kroese‏ @robkroese 5 Aug 2016
        Replying to @Hokuboku @Popehat

        The premise "Most people think fire is 100% good but we're going to blow their minds" seems shaky to me.

        1 reply 1 retweet 19 likes
      5. Josh Walrath‏ @JoshDWalrath 5 Aug 2016
        Replying to @robkroese @Hokuboku @Popehat

        in the immortal words of James Hetfield... "Fire bad, FIRE BAD!"

        1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
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