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The video site debuted in 2005 and quickly took over the internet. Take a look at some interesting facts about their history. We promise not to Rickroll you.

Jake Rossen








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Mind reading used to belong to the realms of sci-fi books and comic strips. But in 2011, a team of scientists from UC Berkeley discovered a way to construct YouTube videos from a viewer’s brain activity.

DeAnna Kerley