Body Quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson

“But you will hardly ever read about them. Why? Because once again, the media has predetermined what is not worthy of coverage, even when the news item is something as uninteresting as the cosmic origin of every element in your body.”

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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