“400,000: Americans who died fighting in World War II. 400,000: Americans who died by household Firearms since 2001.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: Death, War, firearms, Guns
“Just an FYI: It takes twice as much energy to throw a baseball 100mph than it does to throw one at 70mph. Do The Physics.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: baseball, Sports, physics
“I wonder why nobody has ever called pre-historic cave paintings Graffiti. Maybe that’s precisely what it was back then.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: History, graffiti, cave paintings
“Male & female Reindeer grow antlers, but males lose them in winter. All Santa’s reindeer, Rudolph too, are therefore female.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: reindeer, santa, Christmas, rudolph
“Christmas Full Moon tonight. Happens, on average, about once every thirty years. Same for every other day of the month.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: Christmas, full moon, Sky
“FYI: Crude Oil is just as “natural” as Natural Gas. They both derive from buried, long-dead, decomposed plants & animals.””— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: natural gas, oil, plants, Animals
“Average time between full moons is 29.53 days. Which means February will occasionally not get one, and will never have two.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: full moon, february, calendar
“A bullet fired level from a gun will hit ground at same time as a bullet dropped from the same height. Do the Physics.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: physics, Guns, bullets
“Italy valued cathedrals while Spain valued explorers. So worldwide, five times as many people speak Spanish than Italian”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: italian, spanish, explorers, Church
“Exterminators: The only profession in which you put yourself out of business by being really good at your job.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: Career, exterminator, Business
“Just an FYI: Thursday the 12th is just as rare as Friday the 13th.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: friday the 13, unique, calendar
“In 5-billion years the Sun will expand and engulf our orbit as the charred ember that was once Earth vaporizes. Have a nice day.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: Sun, orbit, Death
“The Leap Day is misnamed. We’re not leaping anywhere. The calendar is simply, and abruptly, catching up with Earth’s orbit”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: leap year, calendar, Earth, orbit
“Wanna lose 1200 calories a month? Drink a liter of ice water a day. You burn the energy just raising the water to body temp.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: calories, Weight, Water
“If you are born on a Leap Day, you share this distinction with about 1 out of 1,400 people in the world.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: leap day, birthday, unique
“The closest thing to fatally passing through a portal into another dimension is when fish get yanked out of water, then eaten.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: fish, portals, dimensions
“If you have a gene for celibacy, you didn’t inherit it.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: celibacy, Virginity, Sex, genes
“Equinox is “Equal Night” in Latin, but refraction in Earth’s atmosphere adds minutes of extra sunshine at sunrise & sunset.””— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: equinox, latin, Atmosphere, sunrise
“In Terminator, only living things can time-travel. But hair is dead. So Arnold should've landed in LA not only naked but bald”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: terminator, hair, bald, Movies
“Not that anybody asked, but Gregorian calendar rules unintentionally prevent eclipses from ever occurring on Easter Sunday.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.comTagged: calendar, eclipses, easter