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14 Feb, 4 tweets, 2 min read
This year, as @YouTube turns sweet 16, we invite you to share with us the memorable videos that helped you come of age. 1/

how it started how it’s going
What started with an 18-second video describing the elephant enclosure at the San Diego Zoo, now it's littered with popular and prolific content creators who've become self-made multimillionaires. 2/
We’ll kick things off with one of the first viral videos to hit the site:

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Also, it is not a bad idea to check out one of the first YouTube videos from WIRED back in 2017:


And please don’t forget to subscribe. 😉
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