YouTube is a gift to humanity ! Nearly everything known to the human race, and possibly extraterrestrials, can be researched and discovered in a video, audio or slideshow format on YouTube. The company began in 2005 by three former PayPal employees, the founder (PayPal David Sacks) of whom grew up down the street from me.(We share the same name,different spelling). Google bought the company in 2006 for $1.6 billion dollars and is now a subsidiary of Google. It's been said that the inspiration for YouTube arose from the Super Bowl incident in 2004 with Janet Jackson. Hard to believe the company is only 8 years old. Seems like it's been here forever. Weird science......but fantastic.....