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Welcome to watchmojo and today we're counting down our picks for the greatest viral moments.

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Number 20 Free Hugs campaign A man only known as Juan man began this campaign in 2004 which involved him holding up a sign in public saying Free Hugs.

It all began with one man who two and a half years ago decided to spend a day week in Sydney's busy Pitt Street Mall sharing the love.

He started doing this in Sydney, but the idea wouldn't become popular.

In 2006, before blowing up, he even got told off by the police for what he was doing.

It went global after he released a music video using footage from 2004 using the song all the Same by Sick Puppies.

This quickly turned the idea into a global phenomenon.

Hwan man was even invited onto Oprah after it went viral.

Number 19 tunak tunak tun what do you do when someone says your music videos are only popular because they feature a lot of dancing women?

Well, someone told Punjabi musician Daler Mendy this, so he created this bizarre video featuring only himself.

Mendy utilized the power of VFX to create multiple clones and it turned out to be one of his biggest successes, especially outside of India.

The video was actually created in 1998, but it went viral in 2006.

It was so huge that in 2007 game developers Blizzard added a version of the dance to their hit title World of Warcraft number 18.

Longcat cats have existed for millions of years, and

in that time many of them would have been especially lengthy.

Only one was worthy of being granted the title Long Cat, though their name was originally Shiro, a Japanese cat who was a major meme during 2006.

This happened after a comical photo of the cat's long body was posted on a Japanese image board.

Owners claim she was a remarkable 26 inches long.

While it's unclear exactly when she became a celebrity, the term longcat first entered the urban dictionary in 2006.

Longcat then lived to the grand age of 18, an impressive age for a cat, but

A message from Chad and Steve YouTube was created in early 2005 and rapidly became a household name.

It was founded by three Chad Hurley, Javed Karim and Steve Chin.

In October 2006, they sold the company to Google for an incredible $1.65 billion.

The decision was announced in classic early YouTube fashion with a low resolution vlog of the creators.

It's incredibly nostalgic to watch, especially compared to newer productions by the official YouTube channel.

You can barely even make out what they're saying for all the background noise.

Two Kings have gotten together and we're going to be able to provide you an even better service and build even more innovative features for you.

It's mind blowing how much the website has grown since.

But we can't help feeling nostalgic for those early days.

In the late 2000s, Fred was one of the most disliked YouTubers.

The character created by Lucas Cruikshank was meant to be an irritating yet funny child with an absurdly high pitched voice.

Sometimes when I'm alone out here, I play on the swing that they have.

Cause they have three of them and I play on them.

He first began uploading videos in 2006, but moved them all to a separate channel in 2008.

Now we can't help but think fondly of Fred's early years on the Internet.

In the years since, there have been countless scandals and controversies on YouTube.

I'm pretty bored and it's Halloween, so I don't really know what I'm supposed to do.

Maybe I can kill a few hours playing PlayStation.

In hindsight, he was originally detested, but not for doing anything malicious.

It was simply because his high pitched voice got on people's nerves.

Not the Bees in 2006, Nicolas Cage starred in a remake of the classic 1973 British horror picture the Wicker Man.

It received almost no positive reviews, but has become a classic in the years since.

I promise you, if she's here, I'll find her.

This is because it's so poorly made that it's a hilarious watch.

Its most iconic scene is easily the moment where Cage gets covered in bees.

The movie was released in 2006 and it became an Internet sensation in 2007.

Years later, it's still fondly remembered.

It's become so ingrained in pop culture that it's referenced all over the place.

For instance, in the video game Terraria, there's a secret option to create an entirely bee themed world called not the Bees.

We can safely say as long as blenders have existed, people have been putting things in them that they shouldn't.

In 2006, the company Blendtec decided to use this for marketing, which worked wonders.

They began the hilarious series Will It Blend?

Which featured company founder Tom Dickson blending random objects.

It became such a hit that the series ran all the way until 2020.

It most likely ended because Dixon sold his shares in the company in 2021.

He's since retreated from the public eye, but we like to think he's still out there blending away.

P number 13 snakes on a Plane youe could easily argue that the most iconic line from 2006 Cinema came from Snakes on a Plane.

only made 62 million at the box office, meaning it barely broke even.

Despite its failure, it's fondly remembered today.

Interestingly, the studio wanted it to be a PG13 film, but

test screenings convinced them to raise the age rating.

This pleased Samuel Jackson, who had insisted on swearing during filming but was told no.

After the test screenings failed, they reshot the movie with all the adult language Jackson desired.

I have had it with these motherf snakes on this motherf plane.

This decision saved the movie as without that iconic line, it would have probably flopped even harder.

Number 12 Guinness World Record for Most T Shirts Worn at One Time Keeping a world record can be especially hard when your attempt goes viral.

This motivates copycats across the globe to try to beat you.

This is exactly what happened to radio host Matt McCallister, who released a video of himself wearing 155T shirts in 2006.

At the time, it was a massive feat and the accompanying video was mesmerizing.

McAllister did too good a job, though, encouraging loads of others to try stealing his record.

People have since managed to beat his record by over 100 T shirts.

He tried reclaiming his title on Live With Regis and Kelly, but

only wore 177 of the intended 240 shirts.

On the bright side, no one can claim they popp popularized it quite like he did.

Number 11 Caramel Danson 1 of the most viral Eurodance tracks ever produced was Caramel Danson, performed by the Virtual Karamela Girls.

The song was released in 2001, but the creators Caramel broke up only a year later.

It found fame in the year 2006 and since then it's become a staple of 2000s Internet culture.

This happened after a musician named Speedy Cake released a sped up version.

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