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> [“By day, contrary to common wisdom, you probably won’t see the Great Pyramids at Giza, and you certainly won’t see the Great Wall of China. Their obscurity is partly the result of having been made from the soil and stone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/by-day-contrary-to-common-wisdom-you-probably-won-t-see-the-great/)

[Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/)

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