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A peek inside the Olympics through Twitter

A little bird is revealing a lot about

Photo credit: Getty Images, 2011 | A little bird is revealing a lot about what is going on inside the Olympic village where athletes from around the world have gathered for competition in the London Games.

LONDON -- It's amazing how much trouble can be stirred up in 140 characters or less.

But also how much intimacy, excitement, global scope and, yes, general zaniness. For better and for worse, the 2012 Olympics are being shaped, shaken and indisputably changed by a social media revolution that four years ago in Beijing was in its toddlerhood.

Four days into the games, we've already seen...

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