The 'Every 60 Seconds in Africa, a Minute Passes' meme features Gordon Hurd, known as Big Man Tyrone, delivering a mock public service announcement. Originally commissioned as a joke through the freelance site Fiverr, the video went viral on YouTube in 2014 for its brilliant use of anti-humor and circular logic. It parodies high-production charity advertisements that use dramatic music and celebrity spokespeople to deliver messages, but instead states a redundant, universal fact as if it were a tragedy. Over time, the meme has become the gold standard for pointing out the obvious, used in various formats to highlight useless information or to troll viewers with tautological statements.