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Viral video title made of symbols draws search interest

Search interest in a viral video titled almost entirely in symbols is climbing, tracing to a Bangladeshi TV outlet; nobody has explained what is in it.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA viral video with a title made almost entirely of symbols is drawing search interest this morning, and it traces back to a Bangladeshi outlet called Maasranga Television.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe title has footprints, a rude hand gesture, water drops and a lot of brackets, and nobody has said what the video actually shows.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo what we have is a mystery wrapped in punctuation, and the whole internet is leaning in to look.

  4. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistFootprints and water drops? That is a forecast if I ever saw one. Wet ground, somebody walking through it, and a very rude cloud.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBrock, that's a search result, not a weather forecast.

  6. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistEvery symbol is a weather map if you are frightened enough.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHere is the honest part. Fifty-six thousand people searched for something none of us can read aloud, and that is oddly comforting.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFifty-six thousand people typed a rude hand into a search bar. That is the week.

  9. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorComing up before the hour ends, what sandwich requires two hands and strategy?

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorStill more readable than the video title.

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