Aliens Quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Grab something off the shelf that's on the spaceship-an ashtray, it doesn't matter what. Because I can tell you, if they flew here from another galaxy, no matter what you've pulled off the shelf, it'll be unlike anything we have on Earth.”

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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