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The first video published on YouTube is called Me at the zoo.

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The first YouTube video, published on 23 April 2005, is called Me at the zoo and shows Jawed Karim, one of the co-founders, in front of elephants at San Diego Zoo. It is 19 seconds long and is still online.

Source: YouTube

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