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YouTube is a video sharing website where users upload video clips and view clips created by other users. It offers unique user-generated content along with music, movie clips, and trailers, and helped give birth to the trend of videoblogging, where people talk about their everyday lives in videos that their friends or total strangers can view.

Everything from a guy getting hit in the nuts with a baseball to an unrecognized comedy troupe making their debut can be found here. More deliberate fictional worlds and serial “shows” have been created by users as well.

The site relies on the Adobe Flash video format, a compressed, low-bandwidth format that is seen as not losing too much quality while increasing download and viewing speed and consistency.

Anyone can visit the site and watch virtually anything, though some videos are off limits to users under 18 years of age. The site occasionally gets tangled up in copyright infringement due to users posting protected content, but self-policing has largely mitigated the problem.

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    OK we have a confession to make... weve been keeping this one to ourselves. Sorry..! Its those people at Glee whove now unleashed Clarity to the world!  Originally released back in February weve been enjoying this brilliant dance track now for months and we still love every second of it...   The folks from ...
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  • YouTube Turns 8: Eight Pivotal Moments That Shaped The Video Sharing Platform


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    For better or for worse, YouTube has forever altered the way we consume media across the globe. From pole to pole, people around the world are watching and interacting with this new form of crowdsourced media. YouTube, in its eight years of life , has given the public complete control of the content they create and ...
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  • TYT Networks Launches New ‘TYT Investigates’ YouTube Channel


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    The Young Turks channel reached 1 billion YouTube views last month , and the TYT Network is still just getting started. Earlier this month, it was one of the first networks to launch a subscription fee-based YouTube channel called TYT Plus . Now it’s collaborating with the Center for Investigative Reporter to ...
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  • The Lonely Island – The Big Live Comedy Show Highlights – YouTube Comedy Week


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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu9lfiJoxZ8 The Lonely Island – The Big Live Comedy Show Highlights – YouTube Comedy Week The Lonely Island (Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone) perform their song “Spring Break Anthem,” featuring T-Pain. Welcome to Comedy Week http://yt.be/comedyweek ...
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  • Rhett & Link #SpitTake Challenge – The Big Live Comedy Show Highlights – YouTube Comedy Week


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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y90_2daQujw Rhett & Link #SpitTake Challenge – The Big Live Comedy Show Highlights – YouTube Comedy Week Video stars Rhett & Link introduce the #SpitTake Challenge at the Big Live Comedy Show. Upload yours with the hashtag #SpitTake! Welcome to Comedy Week ...
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  • How to Start a Mumford Band – The Big Live Comedy Show Highlights – YouTube Comedy Week


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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuaf53DWeF4 How to Start a Mumford Band – The Big Live Comedy Show Highlights – YouTube Comedy Week Barely Political’s Key of Awesome performs live at the Big Live Comedy Show. Welcome to Comedy Week http://yt.be/comedyweek —————————————-
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  • Hannibal Buress & Skrillex Gibberish Rap – The Big Live Comedy Show Highlights – YouTube Comedy Week


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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnVmqgvV8ss Hannibal Buress & Skrillex Gibberish Rap – The Big Live Comedy Show Highlights – YouTube Comedy Week Hannibal Buress performs the “Gibberish Rap” to close out the Big Live Comedy Show with special surprise guests, including Skrillex! Welcome to Comedy Week ...
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  • Prepare to LOL: YouTube’s Comedy Week Is Here


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    Comedy is arguably the top category on YouTube after Music. Most of the programming innovations are coming from Comedy channels; a lot of YouTube’s original content funding is going to Comedy channels; and a lot of viewers are heading to YouTube to LOL. In honor of this, YouTube launched its ...
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  • Justin Willman – The Big Live Comedy Show Highlights – YouTube Comedy Week


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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGDQAu1q5Fo Justin Willman – The Big Live Comedy Show Highlights – YouTube Comedy Week Justin Willman performs his unique brand of magic at the Big Live Comedy Show. Welcome to Comedy Week http://yt.be/comedyweek —————————————-
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  • NMR’s Look At What’s Showing on YouTube Comedy Week


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    The first annual YouTube Comedy Week is the video-streaming site’s effort to showcase the best comedic videos that they have to offer. They include parody music videos like “Start a Mumford Band,” the latest episodes of web series commissioned specifically for Comedy Week and live stream events like YouTube ...
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  • Your Stupid Laugh Of The Day: Sarah Silverman’s Perfect Night


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    For the start of YouTube Comedy Week, Sarah Silverman made a music video featuring will.i.am describing her perfect night. Which, if Im being honest, has a lot in common with my perfect night. More » Your Stupid Laugh Of The Day: Sarah Silverman’s Perfect Night is a post from Crushable - ...
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  • Young Harvest (Official Trailer)


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  • Monkey bath


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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpYyX9YQ20E Monkey bath Subscribe for monkey videos From: SmilingFaceMonkey Views: 38972 242 ratings Time: 02:20 More in Pets & Animals
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  • Baton sauteur : Backflip World Record


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  • Sam and Sam’s Tekkit Ender Quest Part 29


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    After the chaos that was the 3-part Wolf Special, we decided to take it easy by going to hell (the Nether). It’s an enchanting place full of glowstone, zombie pigmen and haunted by… you know what, I won’t spoil the surprise for you. Watch as we take a relaxing stroll around hell, take in some […]
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  • Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser Are Engaged!


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    The pair from TV Show Mad Men, Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser Are Engaged! Author information
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  • Is Jimmy Fallon the New King of Late Night?


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    The late-night talk-show world is all abuzz with rumors that Jimmy Fallon may replace Jay Leno. Author information
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  • YouTubers React on Twitter to the ‘The Big Live Comedy Show’


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    The first annual YouTube Comedy Week festival kicked off Sunday with “The Big Live Comedy Show,” a star-studded extravaganza featuring Sarah Silverman, The Lonely Island, Seth Rogen, Tim & Eric and Reggie Watts, among other acts. YouTube hyped up the event for the past month, even bringing Arnold ...
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  • Jack Black Reads the Weather


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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYYMvCwrYeM Jack Black Reads the Weather Tenacious D reading the weather, with some technical and pronunciation issues. From: TehJayden Views: 8961 385 ratings Time: 02:15 More in Entertainment
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  • Room Tour: Vintage Glam Nursery


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    Today we are showcasing a vintage glam nursery with "sweet" French inspiration on Project Nursery’s YouTube Channel. Let us know what you think of Landry Kates Vintage Glam Nursery in the comments, and don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel. We look forward to bringing you new content every week. [...] ...
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