8. Australian Miners Do The Harlem Shake Down A Mineshaft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52U7G4t0r6g The Harlem Shake was to the internet what Gangnam Style, planking and the Ice Bucket Challenge were to the internet. Unlike any of those, though, it ended up having an impact on the real world when a crew of Australian miners were fired for getting their freak on at work. It wasn't a particularly noteworthy attempt, except that there's rock everywhere and the guy doing the worm is doing it in ten inches of muddy water. It didn't really have a funny side, especially not for the bosses - they fired everyone involved, including people who were just watching, for breaching safety rules. Immediately a Facebook group was set up to reinstate the miners, because that's the sort of thing the internet focuses its energy on.