24 February in internet history
Things that can be dated to 24 February: the day something was posted, a record that changed hands, an event research has pinned to a date. Every entry links to where it was read.
Nothing this archive holds can be dated to 24 February. That is a statement about what has been researched so far, not about the day.
Also around this weekWithin three days
These did not happen on 24 February. They are shown because the day itself is thin, and each one carries its own date.
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Trololo The clip begins appearing across other sites. A site built around it draws three million visits in a month. Wikipedia — Trololo
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Harlem Shake The song enters the Billboard Hot 100 at number one. Wikipedia — Harlem Shake (meme)
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Bara bada bastu The song is released. Wikipedia — Bara bada bastu
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Xiao Xiao The tenth and last is released. Wikipedia — Xiao Xiao
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Charlie the Unicorn A crowdfunding campaign for a finale is announced as having raised 209,247 US dollars. Wikipedia — Charlie the Unicorn
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Lofi Girl It begins streaming lo-fi music, using a clip of a girl studying from a Studio Ghibli film. Wikipedia — Lofi Girl
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The Dress Caitlin McNeill reposts the photograph to Tumblr. Wikipedia — The dress
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Dancing Pallbearers By this date clips of the pallbearers are being paired with Astronomia. Wikipedia — Dancing Pallbearers
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The Dress BuzzFeed publishes “The Dress Is Blue And Black”. Its Tumblr page peaks at 673,000 people on it at once, and the hashtag reaches eleven thousand tweets a minute. Wikipedia — The dress