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'Me at the zoo,' the news, and 'his face in every flower'

The Tuesday Pillar Post

JD Flynn
Apr 23, 2024
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Hey everybody,

Nineteen years ago today, a guy named Jawed Karim posted online a 19-second video that would change history. 

The video was called “Me at the zoo.” 

The elephants who started it all. Or ended it all?

It was aptly titled. Karim was indeed at the zoo. He stood with a pair o…

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