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People are tweeting the music they are listening to or the films they are watching 
TweetMeme of two current basis: #1: if the tweet applies to you. #2: people just being silly.
People are asking some to tell them things they don't know or are curious about
Music Monday is a tradition where users recommend music they appreciate every Monday.
Reunion episode of the VH1 celebrity reality show For the Love of Ray J.
When the male/female you're dating is all you can think about
basically,we love kingsley,AND TJ FTW!
The New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV. It recieved 106.5 million viewers, the most in American TV history.
Short for #musicmonday. People are tweeting the songs with which they are kicking off their week.
The earthquake in Mexico 5.7 degrees, centered in Oaxaca. Earthquakes arent measured in degrees! Earthquakes for dummies must be checked out at the library...
@ResourcefulMom is asking her mother followers a question about what animal is on the bottle of some shampoo. Thus, a trending topic was born!
The young Canadian R&B/pop singer has a lot of fans who like to tweet about him!
On January 12, 2010 an earthquake measured at 7.3 devastated the country's capital. A week later, on the 20th, an aftershock of magnitude 6.1 struck. A telethon was held on Jan 22, 2009 to raise funds for relief efforts.
OPM Federal Government Operating Status: Monday CLOSINGS Announced For Washington, D.C
Dr. Conrad Murray charged with Involuntary Manslaughter in Michael Jackson homicide. He has entered a plea of Not Guilty.
Blink-182 an awesome rock band who had broken up and announced their reunion on February 8, 2009, one year ago, today.
Celebrated on February 14th , a day to express to a loved one how much they mean to you by exchanging gifts ; a movie coming out in theaters by the name of "Valentines Day" ; will you be my toxic valentine?
The New Orleans Saints won the Super Bowl 31-17 over the Indianapolis Colts.
RT of Mashable story: "HUGE: Google Set to Make Gmail Social With Status Update Features."
People are tweeting things you do that shows you're very attached to them in a romantic way
RTs of a @Mashable post: "HUGE: Google Set to Make Gmail Social With Status Update Features - http://bit.ly/cpHqQS"
John Murtha D-Pa (Democrat, Pennsylvania) has died today at age 77.
U.S. Rep. John Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77.
Name your most memorable Ellen Moment from the Ellen Degeneres show
Valentine's Day is fast approaching, and people are tweeting plans. Celebrated on Feb 14th, it is a traditional day on which lovers express their love for one another.
Started by @iHateGame - people are tweeting their motivation to do better
Short for Valentine's Day, February 14th, a holiday where you show your significant other how much you care!
The New Orleans Saints are the Super Bowl 2010 champions, they defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17. They say WHO DAT! WhoDat gon beat them SAINTS??!!
Steve Jobs, head of Apple, announced the iPad on 1/27/10. It will be available for purchase beginning March 1, 2010. On the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Show, Steven Colbert pulled an iPad out of his pants. See the video link.
Apple unveiled on Jan 27, 2010 a new tablet PC called the iPad which will run iPhone applications.
People are viewing Super Bowl ads on YouTube and casting their votes on their favorites. See @YouTube: "All the Super Bowl ads are live on the #youtubeadblitz channel: http://bit.ly/LKwW2 View and vote to determine the best one"
Bob Gainey is stepping down as GM of the Canadiens. Pierre Gauthier is taking over.
Brazilian fans are wishing Jeremy from the band Paramore a Happy B'day
The Indianapolis Colts played in the Super Bowl, losing to the New Orleans Saints.
Acronym for "@TheLoveStories" Daily Quotes that can help you get over pain, feel love, and make you smile & laugh!
Trend due to RT "dedication, dedication, Lisa Edelstein can safely say that she has the most dedicated fans ever!" (Actress from the TV Show "House")
Spammers have caused this with the following tweet: "United States Minor Outlying Islands Howland Free Distributors Classified Ads." Most of these spamtweets are from accounts with scantily clad avatar images.
Reggie Bush's mistress releases a tape of herself and a friend touring Reggie's house in the hills while Reggie isn't home.
This hashtag is somehow associated with the birthday of Korean singer Hankyung of Super Junior
People (mostly japanese people) are tweeting about which character from the movie 「三国志」(Three Kingdoms - Ressurection of the Dragon) they are, through a website created by the twitter user @q_suke, that automatically determines who character you are based on you twitter username.
Started by a quote by Rev Run people are retweeting and explaining how haters affect them.
Park Jaebum is the Leadja (leader) of South Korean boyband 2PM who left the group 5 months ago, 4 days after his MySpace scandal surfaced. 2PM fans (known as HOTTEST) want him to know they're still not tired of waiting and believe he will come back. I'm cwying.
Irish politician and economist George Lee has resigned from Fine Gael and Dáil Éireann on 8 February 2010
Justin Bieber fans are retweeting the statement in order to get him to come to a town near them.
People are retweeting tweets that make people think, "Oh! Just like me."
People are tweeting that they don't have any money. It means they're broke
Park Jaebum is the Leadja (leader) of South Korean boyband 2PM who left the group 5 months ago, 4 days after his myspace scandal surfaced. 2PM fans (known as HOTTEST) want him to know they're still not tired of waiting and believe he will come back.
RT of Mashable story: "Don’t Have Money for a Real iPad? Cut One Out of Paper."
People are talking about who they follow. This normally happens on Friday but some people seem to like to do it on Monday instead, hence the new hashtag.
Q&A is a weekly program televised on Australia's ABC. A panel of punters, pollies and pundits answer questions from the studio and home audience live. Moderated by Tony Jones, the panel discusses recent and controversial topics which ensures the backchannel is buzzing with the hashtag #qanda
People seem to be talking about weather forecasts for their area. This combined with some unrelated tweets about things like "Gone With The Wind" and "Earth, Wind and Fire" adds up to a trending topic.
Weather spam from local weather accounts.
Appears to be automated tweets sent out by something called Lookbook.nu, plus people asking why this is a trending topic.
People are retweeting @WordLoveforUs' love tweets along with the hashtag #forUs
Space Shuttle Endeavour has launched STS-130.
Space Shuttle Endeavour has launched STS-130.
Usually peoples last tweet of the day. They're telling us they're going to sleep now and wishing us the traditional 'Goodnight'. This can trend at many different times due to the different time-zones of Twitter users.
People are tweeting about Shuttle Endeavour, and T-9 is a countdown for the space shuttle by NASA, which meant nine minutes away.
Film: People are tweeting about how they're watching Titanic. It's on television this evening in the USA.
New Orleans Saints Celebrate Their First Ever Super Bowl Victory. Final: Saints 31, Colts 17. #whodat
New Orleans Saints quarterback who led them to win Superbowl XLIV (31 - 17) on February 7, 2010. He is also MVP
Automatic Tweets about news, weather & deals of the day.
#Yotwit #horoscope SPAM
Weather forecasts being Tweeted for different geographical areas of the U.S.
The official hashtag of Super Bowl 44.
A new show called Undercover Boss premieres on CBS immediately after the end of Super Bowl XLIV tonight
A commercial with David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey, and Jay Leno aired during the Super Bowl.
The New Orleans Saints are the Super Bowl 2010 champions, they defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in Miami, FL.
CBS has given the highly coveted post-Super Bowl spot to a new reality show called Undercover Boss! The show features corporate bigwigs going undercover to work in a low level position for the companies they manage.
Super Bowl Sunday drummed up huge business for Hooters. The West Springfield restaurant opened for the first time on Saturday, and on Sunday they played host to a huge crowd of pre-gaming football fans.
Mardi Gras is being mentioned in reference to the New Orleans Saints winning the Super Bowl and their fans are wild on Bourbon Street like it's Mardi Gras.
Reggie Bush played in Super Bowl XLIV and his team, the New Orleans Saints, won.
New Orleans fans have come up with a catchy slogan COLTS = Count On Losing The Superbowl.
Peyton Manning is the quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts who lost to the New Orleans Saints in the 2010 Super Bowl.
The Saint's won the 44th Super Bowl, hence this was tweeted a lot.
Mullen monitors Super Bowl ad tweets for stats.
Irvine HDTV company Vizio gets released its second Super Bowl ad, starring Beyonce.
Funny ad for Super Bowl, supposedly eco friendly car...
Peyton Manning threw an interception that gave the New Orleans the lead in Super Bowl 44
Users are tweeting about the Dante's Inferno ad that played during the Super Bowl.
Featured in a Vizio commercial during the super bowl
Free Grand Slam coming this Tuesday. See the link:
Awesome plus awesome equals awesomer. (Another superbowl commercial)
The Arcade Fire's song "Wake Up" was used several times during the Super Bowl. All proceeds from the use of the song will go to Partners in Health, benefiting Haiti.
The Super Bowl is a championship NFL game. National Football League. USA. But there may be labor trouble ahead.
is a South Korean automobile manufacturer with headquarters in Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
Michel is a participant of Big Brother Brazil 10.
The Who performed their hit songs which are theme songs to CSI, CSI: Miami & CSI: New York at the half time show of Super Bowl 44
People are blaming Janet Jackson for lack luster half time performances after her infamous 'wardrobe malfunction
CBS celebrates 50th year of NFL coverage
The band "The Who" performed a medley of their hits during the Super Bowl half time show.
The band "The Who" performed a medley of their hits during the Super Bowl half time show, including Pinball Wizard.
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