One of the most popular websites in the world, YouTube turns the grand old age of ten today, and to celebrate we’re sharing once again the first ever video uploaded to the site.
Don’t get too excited, this was well before the age of viral video and if we’re honest, it’s a little underwhelming. Uploaded on Saturday April 23rd, 2005, the video was shot by Yakov Lapitsky at the San Diego Zoo. Its star is none other than Jawed Karim, one of the co-founders of the famous video-sharing site. As we watched the less-than-twenty-second long video of Karim in front of the elephants, we’re guessing a career as a presenter was never going to be an option, but when you’ve got a brain like his… who cares. Happy birthday YouTube!
