Neil deGrasse Tyson

We know that Neil deGrasse Tyson was something of a wunderkind during his high school years. If you're an OC regular, you've read all about how Carl Sagan ...

He had the feared “Double Tidal Lock.” He explains and demonstrates the physics-based move in the video below, originally recorded at [the University of Indianapolis](https://uindy.edu/about-uindy/). In professional wrestling, Ric Flair had the dreaded [Figure Four Leg Lock](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVoFPPEbqjE), and Jimmy Snuka, a devastating [Superfly Splash](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7UmGIR3zwU). [The Bronx High School of Science](http://www.bxscience.edu), Tyson (class of 1976) wore basketball sneakers belonging to the Knick’s Walt “Clyde” Frazier. Deftly, politely, the young Tyson declined and went to Harvard. There’s perhaps another side of the precocious Tyson you might not know as much about. The athletic side.