11-03-2016, 06:31 PM
Tweets from Neil DeGrasse Tyson on the Huffington Post before the Cubs won the World Series:
The last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, the existence of the Atom had only recently been established.
The last time the Cubs won the World Series, the Wright Brothers were debating if aeroplanes could ever fly from NYC to Paris
The last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, the Periodic Table had only 85 Elements on it.
The last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, the cosmic object known as Pluto was not yet discovered.
The last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, Mark Twain was still alive.
In the same year the Chicago Cubs last won the World Series, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed in Bolivia.
Five years *after* the Chicago Cubs last won the World Series, Henry Ford perfected the moving assembly line.
The expanding Universe was discovered by Edwin Hubble 21 years *after* the Chicago Cubs last won the World Series.
The last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, three years would pass before the discovery of the atomic nucleus.
One more?
Halley's Comet has appeared TWICE in our skies since the last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series.
After...
The last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, Real Estate developer Donald Trump was running for President of the USA.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/neil...3e6c1e0848
The last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, the existence of the Atom had only recently been established.
The last time the Cubs won the World Series, the Wright Brothers were debating if aeroplanes could ever fly from NYC to Paris
The last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, the Periodic Table had only 85 Elements on it.
The last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, the cosmic object known as Pluto was not yet discovered.
The last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, Mark Twain was still alive.
In the same year the Chicago Cubs last won the World Series, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed in Bolivia.
Five years *after* the Chicago Cubs last won the World Series, Henry Ford perfected the moving assembly line.
The expanding Universe was discovered by Edwin Hubble 21 years *after* the Chicago Cubs last won the World Series.
The last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, three years would pass before the discovery of the atomic nucleus.
One more?
Halley's Comet has appeared TWICE in our skies since the last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series.
After...
The last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, Real Estate developer Donald Trump was running for President of the USA.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/neil...3e6c1e0848
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.