A simple plea for chicken nuggets has become most retweeted Tweet of all time

He didn’t quite reach 18 million, but at 3.4 million and counting it has officially surpassed Ellen’s famous Oscar selfie.

A simple plea for chicken nuggets has become most retweeted Tweet of all time

On April 6 an American teenager called Carter Wilkerson decided he wanted nuggets and the resulting social media post has become the Tweet seen around the world.

Carter asked popular US chain Wendy's how many retweets would be needed for a year’s supply of free nuggets. To which Wendy’s responded, “18 million.”

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