Yes, we actually made an "All Your Base" reference, and trust us, we feel terrible about it. But it was the first thought that came to mind when we caught wind that the Library of Congress had acquired every public tweet ever made. That's right, all your spelling errors -- intentional or otherwise -- and witty 140-character musings are now forever preserved in the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States.

"It is out pleasure to donate access to the entire archive of public tweets to the Library of Congress for preservation and research," Twitter announced on its blog. "It's very exciting that tweets are becoming part of history. It should be noted that there are some specifics regarding this arrangement. Only after a six-month delay can the tweets be used for internal library use for non-commercial research, public display by the library itself, and preservation."

This 'only' includes public twitter messages and not direct messages or the "tiny percentage of accounts that are protected." According to Twitter, 105 million registered users send out some 55 million tweets a day, "and that number is climbing sharply."