Facebook is a social networking site that allows registered people to share messages and photos with their friends.

Facebook was founded on February 4, 2004.

Facebook founders are Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, and Chris Hughes.

The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Facebook interesting facts


1. Facebook is visited by over 2 billion active users monthly.

2. In June 2011, the site exceeded one billion views.

3. Only the Google search engine has more visits.

4. Facebook is available in 140 languages ​​almost all over the world.

5. The Polish language version has been in operation since May 2008.

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6. Facebook is often saved with the abbreviation FB.

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7. The “like it” button was turned on for the first time on February 9, 2009.

8. The first version of Facebook was called Thefacebook.

9. The “subscribe” button appeared on September 14, 2011, and in December 2012 it was changed to “watch”.

10. From November 2017, in the United States, support for 4K photos in Messenger was introduced.

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11. Facebook produces its own television programs and broadcasts of sports events. The next step is the music industry.

12. Mark Zuckerberg on January 27, 2017 boasted on FB that his great-grandparents came from, among others, from Poland.

13. A Palestinian man was arrested after he posted “Good Morning” on Facebook. The portal mechanism translated these words as “let’s attack them”. He was suspected of terrorism.

14. There is a conspiracy theory that Fb was founded by the CIA to obtain information about people who voluntarily post it on Facebook.

15. The FB mechanism does not allow you to block content posted by Mark Zuckerberg.

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16. When specifying gender, you can choose one of the 56 suggested gender types.

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17. Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz is the world’s youngest billionaire. His current fortune is estimated at $ 14.4 billion.

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18. Who would have thought 15 years ago that the largest media company in the world would not create its content.

19. Facebook’s photo facial recognition system is more effective than the FBI’s.

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20. Shakira, the world-famous Colombian singer, was the first person in the world to exceed 100 million likes on FB in July 2014.

21. The Facebook page already has 206 million likes on Facebook.

22. Currently, the person who has the most likes on FB is footballer Cristiano Ronaldo (122 million “likes”).

23. In the European Union, Facebook can be used by people over 16 years of age.

24. The maximum age that can be specified when creating an account on FB is 99 years.

25. The reason behind 30% of divorce cases in the UK is Facebook.

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26. There are over 30 million accounts of people who have died on Facebook.

27. About 10,000 people with an account on FB die every day.

28. To delete a deceased person’s account, the family must provide Facebook administrators with a death certificate.

29. There is a section on FB where accounts of deceased people are transferred.

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30. In Poland, Facebook is used by over 20 million people.

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31. You can have up to 5,000 friends on Facebook.

32. You can like a maximum of 5,000 pages on Facebook.

33. An average of 50 minutes a day is spent browsing Facebook.

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34. on the basis of various studies it has been established that the human mind is able to maintain social relationships with up to 150 people.

35. In December 2011, the “timeline” was introduced.

36. From February 24, 2016, additional emotional expressions have been added: “Love”, “Haha”, “Wow”, “Sad” or “Furious”.

37. On September 24, 2010, the premiere of the film about Facebook – “The Social Network” took place. He received 3 Oscars and 4 Golden Globes.

38. Facebook employs over 20,000 people.

39. Over 3 million companies are advertising on Facebook.

40. In Japan, Facebook is less popular than Twitter.

41. In 2008, the “Collins English Dictionary” named “Facebook” its new word of the year.

42. Mark Zuckerberg owns 24% of Facebook.

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Facebook questions and answers


What does Facebook earn?

Facebook mainly makes money from advertising.

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What is Facebook Lite?

This is a simplified version of the website, intended for people with weaker computers or slower internet.

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Facebook was written in PHP or in C ++?

FB was written in PHP and then translated into C ++ using the proprietary HipHop for PHP tool.

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Why is Fb blue?

Because Zuckerberg is color-blind and blue is one of the few that perceives correctly.

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How is a false start caught?

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Why can you only have 5,000 friends on Facebook?

Because the human brain can remember an average of 5,000 faces.

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