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Fun facts about YouTube

• YouTube was founded on February 14th (Valentine’s Day!), 2005 by three ex-PayPal employees.

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• YouTube was founded on February 14th (Valentine’s Day!), 2005 by three ex-PayPal employees.


• The trios behind its creation are Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim and it was originally funded with the bonuses they received when eBay bought out PayPal.


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• You would find it hard to believe but initially, YouTube was created to be a video dating site called ‘Tune In Hook Up’.


• The first YouTube video is of co-founder Jawed Karim in front of the elephant enclosure going on about long trunksat San Diego Zoo. 


• The longest video on YouTube is 571 hours, 1 minute, and 41 seconds long which is equivalent to 23 days and 19 hours. 


• The most popular tutorial that is searched for is ‘How to kiss’ followed by ‘how to tie a tie’. 


• The first world leader to create a YouTube channel was the former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair who made his account in 2007.


• Undoubtedly, the most popular topic that is searched for in YouTube is music. 


• Every minute, over 100 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube.


• Every April Fool’s Day, YouTube plays a prank on its millions of users.

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