Youtube page reloads continuously if invalid video id given in URL

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Published on 2010-03-22T08:32:10Z Indexed on 2010/03/22 8:41 UTC
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Try visiting:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1

http://youtube.com/watch?v=19so8b

http://youtube.com/watch?v=anyinvalidid

tried in chrome and firefox.

Is this a bug in Youtube or the way browsers are constructed? what is the reason for the continuous reloads of the page?

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