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The Twitter Bird is Named Larry (Bird)
Twitter’s bird logo can be found on almost every website that’s been updated in the past five years. Despite its ubiquity, most people don’t realize the bird is named Larry.
Larry the bird is named after former professional basketball player Larry Bird. Drafted in 1978, Larry Bird played professional basketball for the Boston Celtics for a better part of 23 years.
So, it’s no surprise that Boston native and twitter cofounder Biz Stone named the company’s bird after an iconic local hero.
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Sources: today.com, twitter.com, wikipedia (Larry Bird), boston.com
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