If you have tweeted so many times you do not remember that one post that got it all started, Twitter has a gift for you that comes just ahead of the microblog's eighth birthday.

Twitter has launched First-Tweets.com, a site that allows anyone to type in any existing username and read the first tweet ever posted from that account. Users are encouraged to post the link to the site and use the hashtag #FirstTweet.

"Millions of prolific tweeters have made Twitter an exciting, fun and powerful place to connect with others," Twitter's vice president of marketing and communications Gabriel Stricker told USA Today. "But each of you had to start somewhere."

Twitter was founded March 21, 2006 and co-founder Jack Dorsey published the first tweet in the history of the social media site, naturally. He also got an exclusive chance to claim the handle @Jack, upsetting millions of men with the same first name.

Here are the first tweets from some of the most followed accounts, according to TwitterCounter.com.

Twitter has provided many unique opportunities for all sorts of people to utilize the Internet.

Politicians, artists, musicians, athletes and all other public figures can interact directly with fans who simply click a little "follow" button. For news outlets, breaking stories has never been so immediate. Since Twitter only allows each message to be 140 characters, media outlets like the New York Times, CNN and others only have room for a one-line description of the news event.

Twitter has also paved the way for the citizen journalist, or someone who happens to be in the right place at the right time with a smartphone that can take high-resolution photos or video. In just a minute, anyone can snap a photo of a traffic accident, tweet it and become the "first to report" the story.

Twitter is also a brilliant marketing tool for budding professionals in all sorts of fields. Writers can showcase their blogs, build a following and try to generate ad revenue based on readership. Politicians can reach supporters directly no matter how far away they may be. Twitter has even made its way into the classroom, as it is an effective method for students in super-large lecture halls to pose a question to the professor.

Twitter's underlying brilliance is its simplicity. The user has to get his or her message across in 140 characters or use another tweet to continue what you have to say.