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Research in education has shown that we remember field trips long into adulthood. I remember visiting the post office in second grade and looking at the sorting machine. I have vivid memories of that, when I don't even remember the name of the teacher who took me.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: October 5
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