Super Bowl XLVII "ended another lifetime after it began," clocking in at "a whopping 4 hours and 14 minutes," says The Associated Press' Tim Dahlberg. And it was "the strangest Super Bowl you will ever see." The showdown between quaterbacks Joe Flacco of the Baltimore Ravens and Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers — and their respective coaches, brothers John and Jim Harbaugh — was also the most Twittered game in Super Bowl history, with 24.1 million tweets about the game and halftime show, including 231,500 tweets per minute when the lights went out for an extended blackout. So if you didn't watch the game, and need some quick talking points for work or other social interaction, or you did watch the game and want to relive the excitement and confusion — and Beyoncé! — here's a recap of Super Bowl XLVII, as retold in LXX tweets:

Flacco 15 yard TD pass to Bolden. Dumb mistakes already hurting #49ers. Offside penalty made that possible. #Ravens 7-0. #SB47 #SuperBowl

— Paul Newberry (@pnewberry1963) February 3, 2013

That was quick. #superbowl

— Patrick Millsaps (@PatrickMillsaps) February 3, 2013

Whew for @49ers Akers starts off OK by hitting FG to make it 7-3 @ravens

— richard rosenblatt (@rosenblattap) February 3, 2013

Baltimore 7, SF 3 at end of the 1st quarter. detne.ws/UjRDQt #superbowl

— The Detroit News (@detroitnews) February 4, 2013

Huge sack by McDonald takes #Ravens out of FG range. They'll have to punt it away to start 2nd qtr. Ravens lead #49ers 7-3 #SB47 #SuperBowl

— Paul Newberry (@pnewberry1963) February 4, 2013

Touchdown Baltimore!... #superbowl

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) February 4, 2013

Flacco impeccable on that drive and #Ravens take 14-3 lead over #49ers late in 2Q of #SuperBowl: apne.ws/YNxzah (@howardfendrich)

— AP_NFL (@AP_NFL) February 4, 2013

I can hear the entire state of Maryland screaming. And I'm in Atlanta. #superbowl

— Josh Levs (@joshlevscnn) February 4, 2013

Joe Flacco's 2nd TD pass means another 0 to his demands. He's up to $2 billion/year. That could be tough to fit under the cap. #SuperBowl

— NOT SportsCenter (@NOTSportsCenter) February 4, 2013

Everyone can flip to another channel now. There's never been a #SuperBowl comeback more than 10 points. #Ravens up 11. #SB47

— Paul Newberry (@pnewberry1963) February 4, 2013

Trickery! #Ravens fall short of 1st on fake FG, #49ers take over with 3:05 left in half down 14-3. Dumb move or why not, fans? #SuperBowl

— AP_NFL (@AP_NFL) February 4, 2013

That fake field goal seems like something a coach would only try to pull on his brother in that situation. #SuperBowl

— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) February 4, 2013

And there's your play of the game -- the Flacco Fling strikes again, to Jacoby Jones for a thrilling TD 21-3@ravens 1:45 left in half.

— richard rosenblatt (@rosenblattap) February 4, 2013

Now THAT was a Hail Mary pass. Ravens achieving celestial offense.

— HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) February 4, 2013

Chris Culliver, burned, just burned. twitpic.com/c0qdkf

— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) February 4, 2013

Super Bowl halftime score: Ravens 21, 49ers 6 - @cbssports

— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) February 4, 2013

Unless the 49ers turn things around, the Beyonce performance could be the last exciting thing that happens on the field tonight. #SuperBowl

— cjfarley (@cjfarley) February 4, 2013

I believe this is the first time in quite a while that the halftime performer has been younger than the Super Bowl number.

— EdMorrissey (@EdMorrissey) February 4, 2013

RT @buzzfeed: This is the face Beyonce makes when she knows she's KILLING IT twitter.com/BuzzFeed/statu…

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) February 4, 2013

We've reached peak-Beyonce

— Anthony De Rosa (@AntDeRosa) February 4, 2013

Why didn't she perform this at the inauguration?

— Garrett Quinn (@GarrettQuinn) February 4, 2013

Okay, here it is, the completely ill-kept secret reunion of Destiny's Child #Superbowl47

— Catholic Democrats (@CatholicDems) February 4, 2013

Beyonce. Kelly. Michelle. #SuperBowl huff.to/WoxtU9twitter.com/HuffingtonPost…

— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) February 4, 2013

Even Beyonce is beating the 49ers.

— Miles Kahn (@mileskahn) February 4, 2013

congratulations to the 57 million new lesbians in america after that half time show!

— lauren ashley bishop (@sbellelauren) February 4, 2013

Beyonce show immediately followed by Oprah narrating military family reunions. Can't take all these emotions.

— Kevin Fallon (@kpfallon) February 4, 2013

109 yard TD runback. Yikes. That's a game killer.

— EdMorrissey (@EdMorrissey) February 4, 2013

I'd heard that the 49ers were going to play in this game, but you can never trust the media.

— daveweigel (@daveweigel) February 4, 2013

Well, it's been a while since we've had an authentic Super Bowl blowout. It may get kind of nostalgic.

— EdMorrissey (@EdMorrissey) February 4, 2013

Are you kidding me? It appears as though the power went out at the Superdome....

— Slate (@Slate) February 4, 2013

Super Bowl interrupted by power failure at Superdome reut.rs/XCZzbY

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 4, 2013

Are the lights out? Thank god it didn't happen during the halftime show

— Jessica Hullinger (@JessHullinger) February 4, 2013

Maybe they shouldn't have used 10 trillion volts of power for that Beyonce thing?

— daveweigel (@daveweigel) February 4, 2013

Is this Mrs. Harbaugh's way of telling John to stop picking on Jim?

— NowWithAlex (@NowWithAlex) February 4, 2013

Sorry! My bad.

— God (@TheTweetOfGod) February 4, 2013

Kramer gets lost in the Super Dome on his way to his seats at the Super Bowl. Accidentally knocks out all the lights.

— Modern Seinfeld (@SeinfeldToday) February 4, 2013

Luckily, the bar for “worst power outage at the Superdome” is set really high.

— daveweigel (@daveweigel) February 4, 2013

This time, it's the rich people trapped in the Superdome.

—Neal Pollack (@nealpollack) February 4, 2013

Take note guys. This is officially the moment America became a third world country.

— Dan Stewart (@thatdanstewart) February 4, 2013

This would never happen if the players had guns.

— James Ledbetter (@ledbetreuters) February 4, 2013

Note to self. Do not build a datacenter in New Orleans.

— Joe Scanlon (@jscanl) February 4, 2013

I like how @entergynola is already pointing fingers on Twitter

— Anthony De Rosa (@AntDeRosa) February 4, 2013

Customer service guy just told Superdome they should expect a guy to come out between 8am and 6pm tomorrow

— David Dayen (@ddayen) February 4, 2013

The Blackout tweets are officially better than the game Tweets. Winner: Twitter.

— John Avlon (@JohnAvlon) February 4, 2013

OREO just won the Super Bowl blackout with this ad on the fly: tinyurl.com/d8rvkau

— Mark Duffy (@copyranter) February 4, 2013

Best cookie ever. RT @mcpli: The Oreo people wasted no time. Impressive. #superbowl twitter.com/mcpli/status/2…

— The Fix (@TheFix) February 4, 2013

Play resumes at Super Bowl 47 in New Orleans following 34-minute power outage. @nbcsports

— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 4, 2013

#49ers get their 1st TD on pass to Crabtree, trail #Ravens 28-13 halfway through endless 3Q apne.ws/YNIJfa #blackoutbowl

— AP_NFL (@AP_NFL) February 4, 2013

That pass from Kaepernick to Crabtree was so good that most receivers would have caught it in the dark.

— Ben Greenman (@bengreenman) February 4, 2013

If this keeps up, we'll actually have a pretty decent Super Bowl. #NinersComeback

— Slate (@Slate) February 4, 2013

Momentum shifting? Bad #Ravens punt and #49ers cash in with Gore TD, within 28-19 with 4:59 left in 3Q: apne.ws/11FTsEP #SuperBowl

— AP_NFL (@AP_NFL) February 4, 2013

In this epic game, there was the #Ravens era, the Dark Ages, and now. #SB47

— SFGate.com (@SFGate) February 4, 2013

Our win probability calculator had the 49ers at the time of the power outage with a 2.1 percent win probability

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) February 4, 2013

"Football game totally changes momentum after power outage" would be silly if we saw it in a YA novel.

— daveweigel (@daveweigel) February 4, 201

17 points in four minutes and 10 seconds.

— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) February 4, 2013

I nominate the stadium lights for MVP.

— Garry Shandling (@GarryShandling) February 4, 2013

I'm voting for the electrician as super bowl MVP

— Corey O'Brien (@obriencorey) February 4, 2013

Time running short, SF may need to call its last blackout

— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) February 4, 2013

I'm not an expert on holding penalties, but when the one guy is holding the other guy, that seems like holding.

— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) February 4, 2013

"The more angles I see, the more confused I get." Phil Simms on terrible no-call that he thinks was a good no-call.

— Slate (@Slate) February 4, 2013

What is Phil Simms talking about? I am not rooting for 49ers or Ravens but that dude was getting held.

— The Fix (@TheFix) February 4, 2013

Self-initiated safety! And it works for the #ravens. More intrigue in #SuperBowl2013 than in politics.

— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) February 4, 2013

Baltimore Ravens beat San Francisco 49ers 34-31 to win @nfl's #SuperBowl #BREAKING

— Anthony De Rosa (@AntDeRosa) February 4, 2013

Final Score- Baltimore 34. S.F. 31 New Orleans Water and Power 0

— Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks) February 4, 2013

Superbowl: 48 minutes of ads & 100 million viewers = 9000 man years of commercial watching. #SciBowl2013

— Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) February 4, 2013

Oreos won the night. Same as it ever was.

— The Fix (@TheFix) February 4, 2013

"Mayor Rawlings-Blake and Police Commissioner Anthony Batts encourage Ravens fans to celebrate responsibly." content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/M…

— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) February 4, 2013

Just stepped outside briefly and realized I was surrounded by an audibly joyous city. Also: Someone nearby has professional-grade fireworks

— Josh Fruhlinger (@jfruh) February 4, 2013

STILL screaming over destiny's child at the Super Bowl tonight

— Rebecca Black (@MsRebeccaBlack) February 4, 2013