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On that fateful day in 1994, Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric were seated side by side on the set of The Today Show, attempting to sort out the translation of the “@” symbol. It was between takes, and Gumbel and Couric wondered aloud what in the world that symbol was supposed to mean. At? Around? About? A puzzle for the ages, indeed.

Then, as if as a gift to the Ghost of YouTube Future, Gumbel uttered the words that would—somewhat ironically—become internet gold: “What is internet anyway? What, do you write to it like mail?”

It was a simpler time.




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