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Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
Sun Dec 25, 2016, 09:05 AM Dec 2016

December 25th

"On this day long ago, a child was born who, by age 30, would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton b. Dec 25, 1642" -- Neil deGrasse Tyson

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December 25th (Original Post) Ron Obvious Dec 2016 OP
"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." -Isaac Newton aidbo Dec 2016 #1
And this quote edhopper Dec 2016 #2
 

aidbo

(2,328 posts)
1. "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." -Isaac Newton
Sun Dec 25, 2016, 02:19 PM
Dec 2016

And consequently he became a giant with broad shoulders indeed.

edhopper

(35,437 posts)
2. And this quote
Mon Dec 26, 2016, 10:26 AM
Dec 2016

has the added benefit of being about a real person with a certified birth date.

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