Facts about YouTube

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571. Every minute, more than 500 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube.

572. The oldest cat video on YouTube is from 1894. 

573. The music video for 'Gangam Style' is the most viewed YouTube video. In fact, it was so popular it broke the view counter which had to be upgraded. 

574. If you search for "Do the Harlem Shake" on YouTube, the page itself will do the Harlem Shake

575. Anne Frank is on YouTube. She was captured on film while leaning out of a window to look at a wedding. 

576. YouTube has a production space in Los Angeles that you are free to use if you have more than 10,000 subscribers. 

577. Susan Wojcicki who rented her garage to Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 when they were creating Google became the CEO of YouTube later. 

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578.  YouTube has performed pranks on its users every April Fools Day. The first was a classic — every video on the site's homepage was actually a Rickroll. In 2009 YouTube turned the site upside down and in 2010 we were introduced to "TEXTp" mode, which translated colors in the videos into text

579. The most watched non-music video is "Charlie bit my finger".

580. When the video is buffering, you can press any arrow key to play a game of Snake in the video field. 




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