Some Facebook Facts You Probably Didn’t Know

djustified
By djustified

 

 

12 least known Facebook facts 

- Facebook was originally funded by a co-founder of Paypal for $500,000.

- There is evidence that founder Mark Zuckerberg stole many of the ideas and much of the code from ConnectU. They sued Facebook and settled for an undisclosed amount.
- 400,000,000 people log into their Facebook profile at least once a month.
- Half of those people log in every day.
- 70% of Facebook users live outside of the US.
- The Facebook users make it the — Third Most Populated Country in The World – The United States of FaceBook!
- 44.1% of Denmark has an active Facebook profile.
- Only Google gets more traffic. Check their respective Alexa traffic ranking and you would know.
- Yahoo! tried to buy Facebook in 2006 for a whooping $1,000,000,000. Obviously, they didn’t succeed.
- 8,300,000,000 hours are spent on Facebook monthly. And we talk about being productive at work!
- The fastest growing demographic in America on Facebook: Women 55+. So don’t fall from your seat if I tell you that my mom-in-law and granny are on Facebook too.
- FAD is a mental disorder – Facebook Addiction Disorder — FAD. Ironic, isn’t it?
- Court notices and summons sent through Facebook are legal and binding in Australia.

 

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By archidv• 30 Jul 2011 16:51
archidv

do you know what Facebook did to Friendster? lolz

By lord_goliath• 30 Jul 2011 16:31
Rating: 2/5
lord_goliath

lol....point!

By anonymous• 30 Jul 2011 16:27
Rating: 5/5
anonymous

All I care is its usage..:)

By lord_goliath• 30 Jul 2011 16:22
lord_goliath

Do u guys know y the facebook theme is blue in color? it has sumthing to do wid Zuckerberg! google it!

By the_smart• 30 Jul 2011 16:07
the_smart

haha ,your  mother in law  ?

By anonymous• 30 Jul 2011 14:43
Rating: 5/5
anonymous

yeah...informative

By splmbrg• 30 Jul 2011 14:20
Rating: 5/5
splmbrg

informative...

By anonymous• 30 Jul 2011 13:47
Rating: 2/5
anonymous

wowooww i m proud to be a drop ohh no not one drop two drops of these great virtual ocean.

By anonymous• 30 Jul 2011 13:30
anonymous

:)

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