Osama bin Laden had that ‘Charlie bit my finger’ video in his compound

As well as some other weird stuff.
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Jack Morse
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Osama bin Laden — yes, that Osama bin Laden — had a lot of strange, terrifying, and depressing stuff on the electronic devices in his compound when they were seized by Navy SEALs during the 2011 raid that left him dead. Now, thanks to a CIA Nov. 1 release, the general public is free to browse at its leisure the contents of those various electronic gadgets.

And, well, it turns out that at least someone in the Abbottabad compound was fond of child-centric viral videos. And not just any child-centric viral video, but the one and only Charlie bit my finger.

Yup, that's the video of the little kid narrating the harrowing adventure of having his little sibling bite his finger. At the time of this writing, it has been viewed almost 855 million times.

What other weird kid-focused gems were on there? Well, the files included a YouTube video titled "Tootin' Bathtub Baby Cousins."

Does this in any way humanize the man who orchestrated the murder of 2,977 people on Sept.11, 2001? No, of course not.

What it does do is show that he didn't have very discerning tastes. I mean, come on, both of those videos suck. Just because a lot of people like something doesn't make it good.

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