Now, admit it: How many times have you said, 'I learned how to do this on Youtube?'

1. It seems as if Youtube had always existed. In reality, it wasn't founded until….
   
   • 2005.
2. Youtube's first headquarters was in…
   
   • An office above a pizzeria.
3. The very first Youtube video showed…
   
   • One of the founders at the San Diego Zoo.
4. In 2006, Youtube received the honour of…
   
   • Becoming Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year'.
5. The first Youtube video to garner more than 1 billion views was….
   
   • 'Gangnam Style'.
6. Currently, the most-subscribed channel on Youtube is….
   
   • PewDiePie.
7. 7 million people in Austria subscribe to the Red Bull channel, making it the most popular in that country. It features….
   
   • Videos of sporting stunts, such as Felix Baumgartner's balloon jump from the edge of space.
8. The most-viewed music video of all time on Youtube was….
   
   • Despacito.
9. Videos sometimes 'go viral'. The enormously popular 'Charlie Bit My Finger' features….
   
   • One-year-old Charlie and three-year-old Harry.
10. In defiance of all logic and musical taste, the only recording artist to have five videos exceeding one billion views is….
    
    • Justin Bieber.

Bonus titbit: One of Youtube's founders says they got the idea from Janet Jackson's Superbowl 'wardrobe malfunction'. They thought, 'Everybody should be able to see this.' Yeah, right.

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Dmitri Gheorgheni

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