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    The Twitter History of the World: Everything You Need to Know About Everything in 140 Characters
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    The Twitter History of the World: Everything You Need to Know About Everything in 140 Characters
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    The Twitter History of the World: Everything You Need to Know About Everything in 140 Characters

    By Kelvin MacKenzie and Chas Newkey-Burden

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    A humourous look at the world's history in 140 charactersThe Iraq War@TonyBlair#FF @GeorgeWBush - you should see the DMs he's been sending me about WMDS in Iraq #terrifying09:32am, September 12, 2001@GeorgeWBush@Tony Blair - that's ma boy!05:04am, March 20, 2003Who would say what during wartime? What would Jesus tweet? And how would history's most indecent of scandals have played out on our computer screens? This hilarious book takes a 140-character romp through history, exploring what it might be like if Twitter had always been part of our lives. From dinosaurs to Princess Diana, the Magna Carta to phone-hacking, including "Famous Last Tweets," hysterical hashtags, and salacious "Follow Fridays," here is the story of the world told via 140 characters or less.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Blake
    Release dateMay 1, 2013
    ISBN9781782190486
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