Me at the zoo
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title:
Me at the zoo
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"Me at the zoo" is a YouTube video uploaded on April 23, 2005, recognized as the first video ever uploaded to the platform. The 19-second video features Jawed Karim, one of YouTube's co-founders. It was recorded by his high school friend, Yakov Lapitsky. In the video, Karim is seen standing in front of two elephants at the San Diego Zoo in California, where he briefly comments on the length of their trunks. Multiple journalists thought the video represented YouTube as a whole and stated it was a
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First video uploaded to YouTube
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_at_the_zoo
date created:
2008-09-28T20:42:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T02:12:25Z
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