208. Gangnam Style-Things You Still Did not Know

You always had a good hilarious time while watching Gangnam Style, where everyone loves to watch this video not once, but more than twice a day. Here we brought you facts about the song, Gangnme stle. If you love this song just like us, you would probably love reading this.

1. Gangnam Style is the 18th K-pop single by the South Korean musician Psy.

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2. On December 21, 2012, “Gangnam Style” became the first YouTube video to reach one billion views. The song’s music video has been viewed over 2.42 billion times on YouTube.

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3. The phrase “Gangnam Style” is a Korean neologism that refers to a lifestyle associated with the Gangnam District of Seoul. The song and its accompanying music video went viral in August 2012 and have influenced popular culture worldwide since then.

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4. It has been YouTube’s most watched video since November 24, 2012, when it surpassed the music video for “Baby” by Justin Bieber.

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5. In September 2012, “Gangnam Style” was recognized by Guinness World Records as the most “liked” video on YouTube.

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6. By the end of 2012, the song had topped the music charts of more than 30 countries including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

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7. On May 7, 2013, at a bilateral meeting with South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye at the White House, U.S. President Barack Obama cited the success of “Gangnam Style” as an example of how people around the world are being “swept up” by the Korean Wave of culture.

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8. The song talks about “the perfect girlfriend who knows when to be refined and when to get wild.”

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9. During an interview with The New York Times, Psy revealed that the Korean fans have huge expectations about his dancing, so he felt a lot of pressure. In order to keep up with expectations, he studied hard to find something new and stayed up late for about 30 nights to come up with the “Gangnam Style” dance.

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10. During an interview with Reuters, Psy claimed that “Gangnam Style” was originally produced only for local K-pop fans.

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11. On July 15, 2012, the full music video of “Gangnam Style” was uploaded onto YouTube and was immediately a sensation, receiving about 500,000 views on its first day.

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12. In Japan, the song has met with considerable criticism. When “Gangnam Style” first appeared in Japanese TV shows in July, the reaction from viewers was negative. As a result, Psy’s Japanese record label YGEX cancelled a previously planned Japanese language re-release of “Gangnam Style.”

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13. Psy’s first public performance in Europe was on November 5, 2012 in France, where he and 20,000 fans danced “Gangnam Style” in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris during a flashmob organized by NRJ Radio.

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14. The American Council on Exercise estimated that dancing “Gangnam Style” will burn 150–200 calories per half-hour and the song was used by Northampton General Hospital to promote hand washing as part of the 2012 Global Handwashing Day on October 15.

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15. The success of “Gangnam Style” is a result of the build-up of South Korea’s music industry that has been in the works for over 20 years.

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16. On December 1, 2014 YouTube announced that “Gangnam Style” had exceeded the number of views that are possible to store using a 32-bit signed integer, that being 2,147,483,647. As a result, YouTube was forced to upgrade to using 64-bit integers to store view numbers, with a maximum value of 9,223,372,036,854,775,807.

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17. “We never thought a video would be watched in numbers greater than a 32-bit integer, but that was before we met Psy,” stated a YouTube spokesman.

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18. From September 8, 2012 to February 23, 2013, the song has also peaked and stayed at number one on Billboard’s YouTube Chart for 22 weeks, until being surpassed by “Stay” by Rihanna for one week.

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19. As of September 2015, the accompanying music video has garnered over 590 million views on YouTube.

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So, do you love this song?

179. This Tiny Horse Is The Smallest On The Farm, But She's Also The Cutest

This tiny horse may be small in stature, but she adds so much joy to the lives of her owners. 

This is Thumbelina. She's the world's smallest horse.

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She may look like a miniature horse, but she actually has dwarfism, so she's much smaller than her mini horse parents.

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She's only 17 inches tall.

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Yup! She's probably smaller than your dog.

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She weighs 57 pounds and her diet is closely monitored.

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Her owners worry that she may get too heavy and her little legs won't be able to support her.

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Thumbelina holds the Guinness World Record for being the smallest horse in the world.

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And we consider her to be the cutest horse in the world.

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56. Guinness World Records By Indians

1. Passion can take you to great heights. Kalamandalam Hemaletha went on to dance for 123 hours and 15 minutes at the Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy. She created Guinness World Record with this attempt.

2. Second Unique Guinness World records by Indians belongs to this man who is the owner of Manikyam, the tiniest cow in the world. At 61.5cm, this Kerala cow is even shorter than some of the dogs.

3. One Jayasimha Ravirala broke the record for the maximum number of hugs given. In an hour, he hugged as many as 2,436 people in Tekkali, Andhra Pradesh. That’s a warm record to create.

 

4. 5-year-old wonder Shreeya Rakesh limbo skated the farthest distance under cars. Skating 48.1 meters under 27 cars in just 23 seconds, work of a genius!

5. Khurshid Hussain holds one of the most bizarre records ever. And probably most unique Guinness World records by Indians.He is the fastest person while typing only with his nose.He typed 103-character sentence in seconds. He was told to write “Guinness World Records has challenged me to type this sentence using my nose in the fastest time,” and he did it in record time!

6. Vanisha Mittal married investment banker Amit Bhatia in 2004 which is most expensive wedding in the world till date, A guinness world Record. Vanisha Mittal is the daughter of none other than Steel Tycoon Lakshmi Mittal.

7. So record of most selfies together also belongs to Indians. 1000 Student and Staff from Federal Institute of Science and Technology in Angamaly, near Kochi clicked 1000 frames in a minute to create world record.

8. 14 Feet Long which took 32 Years to grow. That is the length of Moustache of Guinness World Record Holder Ram Singh Chauhan from Jaipur.

9. Jyoti Amge is the world’s smallest woman. Her Height is mere 61.95 centimetres (2 feet). She is 23 years old and holds unique Guinness World Records by Indians.

10. Last record in this list belongs to 60-year-old man from Patiala, Punjab, Avtar Singh Mauni. He holds the record of  longest turban on earth. The weight of the turban is 100 pounds and stretches to as long as 645 metres. It takes him 6 hours to wear this turban.