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Olympics 2012 opening ceremony honors Tim Berners-Lee, but NBC anchors don't know who he is

Xeni Jardin at 9:40 am • •

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"Tim being Englishman Tim Berners-Lee... if you haven't heard of him, [laugh], we haven't either." — Meredith Vieira, derping out with Matt Lauer during the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics.

Meredith, Matt: You guys. You could look it up on the World Wide Web.

Video here, courtesy of Ethan Klapper.

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