Found: Twitter's new tweets-per-second record is now 7,196

In terms of past events:

Super Bowl 2011 saw 4,064 TPS
New Years Eve 2010 in Japan, which hit 6,939 TPS at its peak.
Japanese earthquake and Tsunami in March, Twitter usage reached 5,530 TPS.
Royal Wedding in England in April, Twitter reached a peak of 3,966 TPS.

ESPNResearch Reports (@ESPNResearch):

13.46 million viewers/minute for ESPN's USA-Japan WWC Final is 2nd most-viewed daytime telecast in cable TV history (Mo-Su/6a-6p)

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