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@POTUS Tweets, 1.6 Million Follow

Less than 24 hours after U.S. President Barack Obama joined Twitter as @POTUS, he has over 1.6 million followers. The Guinness World record for the fastest gain of a million followers is currently held by Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. who achieved the feat in just under 24 hours (23:22) in April of 2014. POTUS is the acronym for President of the United States and the White House says tweets from the account will be written exclusively by President Obama. The president's...

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