For more than three years, television show host Ellen Degeneres has held the world record for most retweeted Twitter message. More than 3.4 million people have retweeted a “selfie-style” photo she took while she was hosting the 2014 Academy Awards show, or Oscars. Hollywood stars like Jennifer Lawrence, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and Bradley Cooper are in the photo with her. Now, however, the retweet record belongs to someone else. Unlike Ellen, he is not famous. His name is Carter Wilkerson. He is 16 years old and lives in Reno, Nevada. On April 5, he posted a question on Twitter. “Yo @Wendys, how many retweets for a year of chicken nuggets?” he wrote. Wendy’s is a fast food restaurant. There are many of them all over the United States. They serve food like hamburgers, french fries, ice cream, and, yes, chicken nuggets -- small pieces of fried chicken. Wendy’s quickly came up with a number for Wilkerson. The company said on Twitter it would give him free chicken nuggets for a year for 18 million retweets. Later that day, Wilkerson posted a picture of his question and Wendy’s answer. He asked Twitter users to help him reach his goal of 18 million retweets. Wilkerson’s campaign for free chicken nuggets soon went viral. Famous people like actors, sports stars and politicians retweeted. So did many lesser-known Twitter users. They used the hashtag #NuggsforCarter. “Nuggs” is a short form of “nuggets.” Earlier this week, Wilkerson reached 3.42 million retweets. That is still well short of Wendy’s request for 18 million. But it was enough to break the world record on Twitter. It was also enough, apparently, for Wendy’s. The company said it would give Wilkerson free nuggets for a year, anyway.
Title: American Teen’s Chicken Nugget Request Sets New Twitter Record
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1858/nuggs.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='American Teens Chicken Nugget Request Sets New Twitter Record' data-article-id='2375'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13479'>For more than three years, television show host Ellen Degeneres has held the world record for most retweeted Twitter message.</span> <span data-start-time='13479' data-end-time='31708'>More than 3.4 million people have retweeted a “selfie-style” photo she took while she was hosting the 2014 Academy Awards show, or Oscars.</span> <span data-start-time='31708' data-end-time='44479'>Hollywood stars like Jennifer Lawrence, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and Bradley Cooper are in the photo with her.</span> <span data-start-time='44479' data-end-time='52125'>Now, however, the retweet record belongs to someone else.</span> <span data-start-time='52125' data-end-time='57167'>Unlike Ellen, he is not famous.</span> <span data-start-time='57167' data-end-time='60563'>His name is Carter Wilkerson.</span> <span data-start-time='60563' data-end-time='67500'>He is 16 years old and lives in Reno, Nevada.</span> <span data-start-time='67500' data-end-time='73208'>On April 5, he posted a question on Twitter.</span> <span data-start-time='73208' data-end-time='82646'>“Yo @Wendys, how many retweets for a year of chicken nuggets?” he wrote.</span> <span data-start-time='82646' data-end-time='87396'>Wendy’s is a fast food restaurant.</span> <span data-start-time='87396' data-end-time='92792'>There are many of them all over the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='92792' data-end-time='106021'>They serve food like hamburgers, french fries, ice cream, and, yes, chicken nuggets -- small pieces of fried chicken.</span> <span data-start-time='106021' data-end-time='111604'>Wendy’s quickly came up with a number for Wilkerson.</span> <span data-start-time='111604' data-end-time='123083'>The company said on Twitter it would give him free chicken nuggets for a year for 18 million retweets.</span> <span data-start-time='123083' data-end-time='131521'>Later that day, Wilkerson posted a picture of his question and Wendy’s answer.</span> <span data-start-time='131521' data-end-time='140375'>He asked Twitter users to help him reach his goal of 18 million retweets.</span> <span data-start-time='140375' data-end-time='148021'>Wilkerson’s campaign for free chicken nuggets soon went viral.</span> <span data-start-time='148021' data-end-time='155271'>Famous people like actors, sports stars and politicians retweeted.</span> <span data-start-time='155271' data-end-time='160375'>So did many lesser-known Twitter users.</span> <span data-start-time='160375' data-end-time='164917'>They used the hashtag #NuggsforCarter.</span> <span data-start-time='164917' data-end-time='169875'>“Nuggs” is a short form of “nuggets.”</span> <span data-start-time='169875' data-end-time='177458'>Earlier this week, Wilkerson reached 3.42 million retweets.</span> <span data-start-time='177458' data-end-time='184375'>That is still well short of Wendy’s request for 18 million.</span> <span data-start-time='184375' data-end-time='190688'>But it was enough to break the world record on Twitter.</span> <span data-start-time='190688' data-end-time='195750'>It was also enough, apparently, for Wendy’s.</span> <span data-start-time='195750' data-end-time='203313'>The company said it would give Wilkerson free nuggets for a year, anyway.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1858/eat_lunch.m4a'><span>eat lunch</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1858/break_a_record.m4a'><span>break a record</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1858/publicly_display.m4a'><span>publicly display</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1858/ask_for_chicken.m4a'><span>ask for chicken</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=8631 data-hint-location='73208' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1858/what_did_carter_want.m4a'>What did Carter want?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='free nuggets'><div class='choice' 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