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| 2025 | Inducted in the Games section of Forbes 30 under 30. |
| 2024 | Commentated for the second edition of the GeoGuessr World Cup. |
| May 2024 | An AI-generated 'All Eyes on Rafah' image goes viral, being shared over 47 million times on Instagram within a few days following the Tel al-Sultan attack. Celebrities and professional footballers widely shared the image, including Bella Hadid, Nicola Coughlan, and players from multiple football clubs. |
| May 2024 | An AI-generated image featuring the 'All Eyes on Rafah' slogan goes viral on Instagram, significantly amplifying the pro-Palestinian message during the Rafah offensive. |
| May 2024 | Following Bollywood celebrities sharing the 'All Eyes on Rafah' poster, the 'Boycott Bollywood' hashtag began trending on Twitter, with users questioning the selective activism of Indian actors. |
| May 2024 | The hashtag #alleyesonrafah gains widespread traction on TikTok, with videos using the slogan being viewed millions of times, spreading international awareness about the situation in Rafah. |
| May 2024 | An AI-generated 'All Eyes on Rafah' image goes viral, being shared over 47 million times on Instagram within a few days following the Tel al-Sultan attack. Celebrities and professional footballers widely shared the image, including Bella Hadid, Nicola Coughlan, and players from multiple football clubs. |
| May 2024 | The hashtag #alleyesonrafah gains widespread traction on TikTok, with videos using the slogan being viewed millions of times, spreading international awareness about the situation in Rafah. |
| February 2024 | Israel issued evacuation orders for Palestinians in Rafah, prompting approximately one million civilians to leave the area before the commencement of military operations. |
| February 2024 | Israel announced a military offensive in Rafah, a city near the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt, where nearly half of Gaza's 2.3 million population had been displaced. |
| February 2024 | Richard Peeperkorn, WHO representative for Gaza and the West Bank, makes the original comment 'All eyes are on Rafah' during a UN press briefing, which later becomes the basis for the political slogan. |
| February 2024 | Israel issued evacuation orders for Palestinians in Rafah, prompting approximately one million civilians to leave the area before the commencement of military operations. |
| October 2023 | Served as a commentator for the inaugural GeoGuessr World Cup, which attracted over 70,000 viewers. |
| September 12 2023 | Became the first person to play GeoGuessr while skydiving, achieving a score of 21,047 out of 25,000 with Red Bull athlete Sean MacCormac over Lake Elsinore, California. |
| June 2023 | Spent nearly 100 hours tracking down a bagel shop from a TikTok video, which subsequently named a sandwich after him at Bagel Market in Manhattan. |
| April 2023 | Privately rented a billboard in Boston, Massachusetts featuring his logo and face, which attracted local news attention. |
| November 2022 | Trevor Rainbolt announced on Twitter his plan to live in a different country each month, beginning with travels to Germany, Spain, and Portugal |
| March 2022 | IGTV was officially discontinued, with video features now integrated into the main Instagram app. |
| February 2022 | Instagram announced the planned discontinuation of the IGTV standalone app, choosing to focus on video functionality within the main Instagram app. |
| October 2021 | Instagram began merging IGTV's functionality into the main Instagram app, changing the IGTV profile tab to 'Video' and integrating video upload and editing features. |
| October 2021 | Rainbolt started his TikTok account 'georainbolt', beginning to share his GeoGuessr skills on social media. |
| March 18 2020 | Gal Gadot posted a video on Instagram featuring herself and approximately two dozen celebrity friends singing John Lennon's 'Imagine' as a morale-boosting effort during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| January 2020 | The standalone IGTV app was reported to have only around 7 million users, indicating low adoption. |
| May 2019 | IGTV gained the ability to upload landscape videos, expanding its original vertical video format. |
| June 20 2018 | Instagram launched IGTV in a live event in San Francisco, introduced by former CEO Kevin Systrom, with creators like Lele Pons present to showcase the new vertical video platform. |
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