Facts you Probably Didn't Know

• Facebook was initially bank-rolled by Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal. His $500,000 investment helped launch the Facebook phenomenon.
• Today, 400 million people log onto their facebook profile at least once every month. 50% are on the site every day.
• Facebook is an international sensation. 70% of Facebook users live outside the U.S. and the site is available in more than 70 different languages.
• In 2006, Yahoo offered Zuckerberg $ 1 billion, which he refused. In 2009, Facebook was valued at $ 4 billion. Today, it is valued between $7.9 - $11 billion.
• Monthly amount  of time spent on Facebook: 8.3 billion hours

• Average number of Facebook friends: 130
• Total number of active applications: 550,000+ (this figure increases daily).
• Number of servers running Facebook's infrastructure: 10,000 (estimated)
• Amount raised to fund these (and future) servers: $100 million
• Women aged 55 and up are the fastest growing Facebook demographic in America
• Biggest Myth: Facebook accesses user profile information and stores it, even after the account is deactivated. (Actually, this is party true. Facebook user content, like images can be stored on other people´s profiles, too. After the account is disabled, these images can still be seen on their pages).
• Facebook has become so popular, psychologists identified a new mental health disorder: Facebook Addiction Disorder.
• In Australia,Facebook has infiltrated the court system, Court notices can be served through Facebook and a Facebook summons is considered legally binding.
• Facebook makes money through advertising and virtual products. Advertisers use profile information to market specially to certain users.

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