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The last time the New England Patriots played a Super Bowl in Houston, it helped lead to the creation of YouTube.
As noted in the book An Uncommon History of Common Things, the infamous “Nipplegate” halftime show incident involving Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake was one of two major 2004 sparks for the creation the following year of YouTube. The other being the devastating tsunami in Thailand.
On Valentine’s Day 2005, Jawed Karim, one of three co-creators of YouTube, posted the site’s very first video: 19 seconds of himself at the San Diego Zoo.
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