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The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2012

TIME's social media editor Allie Townsend & social media associate Amy Lombard pick the 140 Twitter feeds that are shaping the online conversation in 2012. Let us know what you think of our choices, using hashtag #Twitter140.

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Library of Congress

By Allie TownsendMarch 15, 20120

Pres. Andrew Jackson born this date in 1767. His 1829 inauguration was 1st in which “the people” had large presence. 1.usa.gov/zzorv3
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Library of Congress (@librarycongress) March 15, 2012

Followers: 349K

The largest library in the world has a Twitter account – and it’s a good one, too. The Library of Congress is one of the country’s greatest purveyors of American History, and it’s daily doses of history are a welcome interruption to a Twitter feed that is so often focused only on immediacy.

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