Twitter is more than just a home for 140-character overshares and hilarious parody accounts.
The microblogging platform has become a hub for monitoring breaking news and crowdsourcing ideas, and has even made history now and then. As Twitter continues to expand internationally, users have invented new tools and tricks to ramp up the experience.
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From making mini literary masterpieces to managing your diet, these eight unconventional uses for Twitter will surely get your creative juices flowing -- or at least remind you to buy bread on the way home.
Do you have any creative hacks for Twitter? Share them in the comments.