Did Neil deGrasse Tyson Really Troll Christmas?
August 6, 2015
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as posted by the channelIn our latest “How Tweet It Is” segment on StarTalk, Neil deGrasse Tyson tells Bill Nye about his most retweeted tweet ever, tweeted on Christmas Day, 2014. Now you can watch Neil read his infamous tweet wishing Isaac Newton a happy birthday, for which he was accused of “trolling Christians on Christmas Day.” Neil and Bill talk about why there’s disagreement as to Newton’s birthday, along with the difficulties caused by England retaining the Julian calendar even after Pope Gregory XIII shaved a few days off the calendar in 1582.
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