TRIVIA TODAY - Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Greetings Infomaniacs,

Did you know that the video website YouTube is 10 years old this year? Also, did you realize that 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute?! The amount of diverse videos on the site is just mind-blowing!

I avoid it most of the time because I know once I start watching videos, I'll get sucked in and suddenly hours of my life are gone...

Here's some fun facts about YouTube for its anniversary...

Enjoy!
Melissa

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "The Internet is becoming the town square for the
global village of tomorrow."

HINT: (1955-), is an American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor.

RANDOM TIDBITS
The most viewed video of all time, Gangnam Style still to this day receives 1 millions view each and every day.

The first YouTube video was Me at the Zoo, where we found out elephants have "really, really, really long trunks" and that they are "cool". The second video ever uploaded was My Snowboarding Skillz, which shows someone falling over on a snowboard.

Due to strict and often government dictated TV programming, young people from countries such as Saudi Arabia and U.A.E. have taken to YouTube in their millions to create relatable and enjoyable content for their fellow younger humans.

You can navigate YouTube in a total of 76 different languages. You can scroll through YouTube in a huge number of languages from Albanian to Uzbeck, covering over 95% of the internet population.

People say that we're a generation who's addicted to their mobiles - and with access to YouTube on them can you really blame us?! Half of all of the videos watched on YouTube are done so using a tablet, phone or similar.

YouTube's #1 non-music video is Charlie Bit My Finger (Again). With more than 800 million views, the nail-biting sequel to the timeless Charlie Bit My Finger brings us yet more japes between the adorable little brothers.

(http://teneightymagazine.com/2015/05/13/10-fun-facts-you-never-knew-about-youtube/)

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WHO SAID IT?
QUOTE: "The Internet is becoming the town square for the
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ANSWER: Bill Gates.

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