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As one of the original viral videos, the Charlie Bit My Finger clip is a little piece of internet history.
But now the much-loved clip of baby Charlie gnawing on his brother Harry’s finger will be taken off YouTube after it was sold for $760,999 (£538,000).
The Davies-Carr family auctioned the clip as an NFT, a non-fungible token.
Bids came into their auction page throughout the weekend, but the price dramatically increased in its final hours on Sunday.
The bidding battle was between two anonymous accounts.
“3fmusic” eventually outbid “mememaster” for the video, which has been watched more than 880
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