Social Media History
The character limit for a Tweet after being increased in 2017 from 140.
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Koalas have adapted their diet with an extra-long gut to break down poisons in these leaves & sleep 20 hours a day due to a lack of nutrition in the leaves.
Eucalyptus
The hive was buzzing in 2019 when she released her live album “Homecoming.”
Beyonce
Sliced apples sautéed in butter are a classic filling for these French pancakes.
Crepes
This city has a landmark that is bigger in size (acres) than New York's Central Park.
San Francisco
This symbol has helped political organizers and average citizens mobilize, promote, and create awareness for critical (and not so critical) social issues.
Hashtag
The 2-toed one of these can live up to 20 years, most of it upside down in the canopy of the rainforest.
Sloth
Do start now & name this English-born woman of Albanian ancestry who was “Levitating” up the charts in 2021.
Dua Lipa
White, black, & green types of this drink all come from the same plant—Camellia sinensis.
Tea
In winter, this city is dryer than Phoenix with an average daily high of 45 degrees (7 degrees Celsius) in February.
Denver
Originally launched as "Picaboo", this famous rival to Instagram had to quickly change their name after facing a lawsuit by a photobook company with the same name.
Snapchat
Sweden’s only wild feline is this short-tailed cat that’s able to bring down much larger animals, like reindeer & roe deer.
Lynx
In 1995 this one-named singer rose to the top of the charts with “Kiss From A Rose.”
Seal
Italians introduced this beef sandwich to Philadelphia in the 1930s.
Cheesesteak
During Prohibition, this city was a sinful reprieve for Americans to track down booze and places to gamble.
Montreal
Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger posted the first photo to the platform in this year.
2010
There’s a big cat in the name of these colorful Pacific reef dwellers with venomous spines.
Lionfish
This French pop duo were right at home in their “Tron: Legacy” cameos—lots of people were wearing futuristic headgear.
Daft Punk
If you’re in Central Asia, ask for shashlik; if you head down to the Middle East, ask for this 2-word skewered meat equivalent.
Shish kebab
Renowned for it's medical sector, this city trains one out of every six doctors in the U.S.
Philadelphia
The name of the first social media platform started by Mark Zuckerberg in 2003, described as "Harvard University's answer to Hot or Not."
Facemash
It’s the world’s largest burrowing animal & can make a destructive tunnel complex 650 feet long, so farmers don’t find it as cute as zoo-goers might.
Wombat
Madonna sang in this hit, “I know you’re going to be upset, ’cause I was always your little girl.”
Papa Don't Preach
This city, nicknamed Bean Town, is named for baked beans made with molasses and salt pork.
Boston
This city is known for it's iconic Blue Chairs that came around in the 1950s but were stolen until the city chained them together.
Nice, France