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September 16, 2013 09/16/2013 11:49 am

What If the Big Bang Theory Was Wrong?

By Dan Amira

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Not the show but the theory of the origins of the universe. Although, if the theory was wrong, the Big Bang Theory’s theme song would be wrong, too. 

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