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Bin Laden and Twijer<br />

Highest sustained rate of Tweets ever.<br />

From Sunday, May 1 st at 10:45 p.m. to Monday, May 2 nd at 2:20 a.m. ET, there was<br />

an average of 3,000 Tweets per second.<br />

The Japanese earthquake had bigger spikes <strong>for</strong> more hours, but not <strong>for</strong> a significant<br />

sustained period.<br />

The Super Bowl had a sustained spike <strong>for</strong> more hours, but not <strong>for</strong> a significant<br />

sustained period.<br />

Sohaib Athar – Pakistani IT Consultant<br />

“Helicopter hovering above Abbojabad at 1AM (is a rare event).”<br />

Keith Urbahn – Rumsfeld’s <strong>for</strong>mer Chief of Staff<br />

“So I’m told by a reputable person they have killed Osama bin Laden. Hot damn.”

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