Internet giants are still only young cubs

As you can see below, two of the Internet's biggest giants aren't even 10 years old yet! Facebook is only 10 years old this month. And text messaging is only in its early 20s :-)


The first video on YouTube, uploaded at 8:27 P.M. on Saturday April 23rd, 2005. The video was shot by Yakov Lapitsky at the San Diego Zoo.

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The very first tweet, sent by Twitter's founder @Jack. A momentous day in the history of the internet. pic.twitter.com/IN4ysZh2ne
— Historical Pics (@HistoricalPics) August 25, 2013

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The first text message ever was sent on December 3rd of 1992 -- It said “Merry Christmas.”
— UberFacts (@UberFacts) September 15, 2012