Ten Things You Did not Know About Facebook.



1.Originally, Facebook was called TheFaceBook and was limited to students of Harvard University. The name is a reference to trombinoscopes ("facebooks") popular in American schools. Mark Zuckerberg is only 19 years old when he founded the trombinoscope to become the king of social networks.


2. In September 2004, Yahoo! offered a billion dollars to buy Facebook, which was then only 7 months.


3. Personal fortune of Mark Zuckerberg is now estimated at $ 29.7 billion. His right arm, Sheryl Sandberg, has entered the exclusive club of billionaires thanks to the surge of Facebook action.


4. In April 2005, just one year after its creation, Facebook dethrones Myspace, then the most visited social network. The site now boasts 1.23 billion users.


5. In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg was named man of the year by Time magazine.


6. Personalities that carton on Facebook are not necessarily the same as on Twitter. On the network of Mark Zuckerberg, the queen called Rihanna (85 million fans), while on Twitterc'est Katy Perry wears the crown (50 million followers).


7. In 2011, 30 acts of divorce in the United Kingdom contained the word "Facebook".


8. 20% of time spent on the internet (from a computer or mobile ternimal) is dedicated to Facebook.


9. Each average user spends 17 minutes per day on Facebook. And you? A site can calculate how long you have spent on social network based on including your various interactions. Hang on, the result might hurt.


10. Facebook is use a big machine valued today at more than $ 150 billion. The stock closed January 30, 2014 at $ 62.57, its historical record. It was introduced at a price of 38 dollars.






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