Unknown Facts of Facebook

Facebook was founded in February 2004; it is a social utility that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family and colleagues. The company develops technologies that facilitate sharing of information about the social graph, the digital mapping of people in real-world social connections. Anyone can sign up for Facebook and interact with people they know in a trusted environment.

Unknown Facebook Facts

1. Facebook was originally bankrolled by a co-founder of Paypal for $500,000
2. 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.
3. 400,000,000 people log into their profile at least once a month.
4. Half of those people log in every day.
5. 70% of Facebook users live outside of the US.
6. 44.1% of Denmark has an active Facebook profile.
7. Only Google gets more traffic.
8. Yahoo! tried to buy Facebook in 2006 for $1,000,000,000.
9. 8,300,000,000 hours are spent on Facebook monthly.
10. The fastest growing demographic in America on Facebook: Women 55+.
11. FAD is a mental disorder – Facebook Addiction Disorder. FAD. Ironic.
12. Court notices and summons sent through Facebook are legal and binding in Australia.