It’s hard to believe that Twitter has been around for six years now. But what if it had been around for even longer? We hopped in our history-altering time machine (err, we made some stuff up) and took a look back at some famous tweets in history:
@PaulyRevere – THE BRITISH R COMING!!!! PLEASE RT #Let’sstartacountry
@ChuckDarwin – Noticed some stuff about birds. This is gonna be big. #Wecomefrommonkeys
@Napoleon – This island sucks. Can someone send me some Sudoku or something? #Elba
@IsaacNewt – Totally got a case of the brain farts. Can’t think of any good scientific principles. Gonna go chill under an apple tree. #Hopenonefallonmyhead
@VinnyVangogh –Totes just cut my own ear off. NBD. #ItHurts
@ChrisColumbus – Dudes, just made it to India. Weird though, doesn’t look like India. Whatevs. #NewWorld
@BigJulesCaeser – Grabbin a bite with Brutus later on. That dude’s solid. Hit me on the cell if you want to come. #Friends
@GeorgeWash – Anyone know a good dentist. Just found out my last guy MADE MY TEETH OUT OF WOOD! #Scammed
@GeneralCuster – About to make a stand at Little Big Horn. Definitely won’t be my last. #Lotsmorestandsafterthis
@BennyFranklin – Anyone got a kite and a key I can borrow? I’m gonna try something. #Shocking
@JohnDaBaptist – FF @JesusofNazareth. Def throw this dude a follow, he’s legit.
@LewisNClark – Headed to Cali Friday!!!!!! Taking the long route, cause there is no other route. #HopeThere’saNorthwestPassage
@JonasSalk – Yo Twitter Peeps, I’m bout 2 dropkick Polio. Stay Tuned. #Vaccine
@HenryDa8th – Anyone down to cruise for some chicki-poos later on? Things didn’t quite work out with Anne B. #ICutherheadoff
@JoannyfromtheArc – Hearing some voices lately. Pretty sure it’s God, but I might be getting punk’d by Jean De Metz. Either way, bout to get wild on the English. #this100yearwarislong
@MarcoPolo – I’m really into exploring right now, but my real dream is to one day be a children’s pool game. #Marco…
@TheRealKarlMarx – Can somebody tell me whether or not capitalism is involved in this twitter machine? These tweets better be distributed equally regardless of class. #TwitterManifesto
Which historical figures would you like to hear from in 140 characters or less?
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