The Billionth Tweet

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The first public tweet with an ID greater than 999,999,999 has been written by a bot. Tweet number 1,000,000,001 is :

CrystalLake CL News: PR Newswire Summary of Technology Copy, Nov. 10, 2008 - StreetInsider.com (subscript.. http://snipr.com/5barm
12:49 AM November 11, 2008

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2008 Award Winners

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Best Tweet
MissRFTC I am totally serious. My Ob/Gyn was IN my vagina and an earthquake started rattling the room! 02:44 PM July 29, 2008
Funniest Tweet
wilw When I was a kid, our footie pajamas weren't flame retardant. GodDAMN, we were hardcore. 03:20 PM August 06, 2008
Smartest Tweet
MarsPhoenix Iron Chef on Mars? Set the oven to 1003 degrees Celsius (1837 F) and baked a soil sample and find secret ingredients :D Minerals, that is. 06:16 PM June 17, 2008
Best Avatar
androo
Most Informative Tweet
MarsPhoenix The friendly dirt has salts and nutrients magnesium, sodium, potassium and chloride. And pH of 8. You could grow asparagus, say scientists. 05:16 PM June 26, 2008
Best use of Twitter for Breaking News
MarsPhoenix Are you ready to celebrate? Well, get ready: We have ICE!!!!! Yes, ICE, *WATER ICE* on Mars! w00t!!! Best day ever!! 05:14 PM June 19, 2008
Best Putdown
hotdogsladies Oh, no. Don't "leave Twitter." But, if you must, for the love of God, PLEASE post a long explanation. So our children can know your story. 06:49 AM July 26, 2008
Snarkiest Tweet
brianleroux Speaking of offensive, douche beside me in line is reading over my shoulder. Heh. 05:37 PM July 22, 2008
Dopiest Tweet
popgloss Is it wrong that I secretly wish I could text in the tanning bed? Twelve minutes of doing nothing can sometimes be so difficult. 05:40 PM April 14, 2008
Best Use of Twitter for Business
BruceAdcock I laughed, I cried; unfortunately, this was all highly inappropriate for the fiscal subcommittee meeting I was in. 03:14 PM April 11, 2008
Best Flirt
lintondavies My rhymes are so potent that in this small segment i got all of the ladies in my twitter stream pregnant 07:33 AM July 31, 2008
Best Straightman
tj I told him about a problem. He said he'd "throw some bodies at it." He's a mortician. The problem was a sinkhole. I'm trying not to worry. 08:08 AM July 11, 2008