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This man's quest to get free chicken nuggets is now the most retweeted tweet of all time

And he got his free chicken nuggets in the end.

ONE MAN’S INNOCENT query in a bid to get a year’s supply of chicken nuggets has now become the most retweeted tweet of all time.

Carter Wilkinson’s call for the free nuggets went viral, and now has almost 3.5 million retweets.

He sent a tweet asking Wendys how many retweets he’d need for a year’s free supply. The company responded simply “18 million” to which Wilkinson responded: “Consider it done”.

While he may have some way to go to get to 18 million retweets, US restaurant chain Wendys has decided to reward him for his endeavours, giving Wilkinson a gift card for a year’s worth of chicken nuggets.

Wendys will also make a donation of $100,000 in his name to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a charity that finds homes for children in foster care in the US.

There are also fundraising initiatives for the adoption charity underway on nuggsforcarter.com.

On 1 April, he had 138 followers. Now, Wilkinson has over 100,000.

The #NuggsForCarter has a custom emoji featuring a box of Wendys nuggets.

His tweet has now beaten the record that Ellen Degeneres racked up at the 2014 Oscars, when she posted a selfie with a gaggle of film stars that included Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep and Brad Pitt.

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    Jun 10th 2013, 7:58 AM

    Hopefully he’ll recover…. Thinking of him and his family.

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    Jun 10th 2013, 9:25 AM

    The lad passed away God love him. RIP and condolences to his family.

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    Jun 10th 2013, 10:27 AM

    Are you sure? Is that not a different case?

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    Jun 10th 2013, 10:44 AM

    I heard on 9am news this morning that a 17 yr old lad who was swimming yesterday evening got into difficulty and was brought to hospital where he passed away. News on 2fm

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    Jun 10th 2013, 10:45 AM

    They said he passed away this morning but was brought in last night.

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    Jun 10th 2013, 8:51 AM

    A picture of the river, where he got into difficulty please and not the hospital. So other people, can avoid the area and hopefully he’ll recover?

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    Jun 10th 2013, 12:43 PM

    Why to Tralee and not the CUH in cork I wonder?

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    Jun 10th 2013, 1:26 PM

    It happened near the border with Kerry, Tralee is closer than CUH

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