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Almost Everyone has been spellbound since the opening of social media giant, Facebook. Facebook has opened the door to all people to be connected with your relatives every time, everywhere. Facebook is one of the fastest growing social networks worldwide. We can surely say that there is no online user that hasn’t heard the name Facebook.

The color scheme choice is not random and there is a valid reason behind it. Mark Zuckerberg is color-blind to red and green and therefore, blue is the richest color for him. In an interview, he stated, “blue is the richest color for me — I can see all of blue.”

Facebook has more than 350 million active users. Over 35 million users update their status each day, with more than 55 million status updates each day. Over 2.5 billion pictures are uploaded to Facebook each month.

Facebook was launched on February 4, 2004, originally name theFacebook. It got so popular that Zuckerberg became a billionaire by the age of 23! Who knew a college project would be worth billions some day. In fact, Facebook has designated Feb 4 to be Friends day as the social networking website has successfully connected millions of people which would not have been otherwise possible.

Al Pacino, American actor was the first face of the facebook. The Site displayed a header image featuring a man’s face obscured behind the binary code. The identity of the man could not be seen clearly, but it later came to light that the face was that of acclaimed actor Al Pacino.

In 2007, Facebook underwent a major homepage redesign which replaced a man’s partly obscured face behind a cloud of binary code. But, who was the mystery “Facebook guy”? David Kirkpatrick revealed in his book The Facebook Effect that the image is actually a manipulated photo of legendary actor Al Pacino. The effect was created by a friend and classmate of Mark Zuckerberg.

During Facebook’s first summer, the Zuckerberg family spent $85,000 to keep the company afloat. As of September 2013, Mark Zuckerberg is worth $19 billion.

Want to know how much Facebook knows about you? Go to Account Settings in the Home menu and from the General menu, click “Download a copy of your Facebook data.”

When Facebook began selling stock to the public and trading on the NASDAQ on May 18, 2012, its shares were priced at $38, which meant the company was valued at over $100 billion. It also meant that Facebook was worth more than eBay, Yahoo, Groupon, LinkedIn, Netflix, IAC, AOL, Zynga and Pandora… combined.

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Facebook’s first corporate partnerships, launched May 2006, were Apple and Microsoft along with Intel, EA and Amazon. Some of the other early partnerships also included Accenture, Gap, Intuit, Pepsi, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the non-profit organization Teach for America. Everyone else had to wait until September 2006 to join Facebook.

Napster co-founder Sean Parker transitioned Facebook from a college project into an actual company. As dramatized in the 2010 film The Social Network, Parker changed the site’s name from Thefacebook.com by acquiring the domain Facebook.com for $200,000. Furthermore, it was Parker who insisted that the site add its most popular feature: photo sharing.

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Who’s on Facebook? 42% of users are male, however, the site is more gender neutral than Pinterest and Google +. About 75% of all U.S. Internet users have had some sort of college education. 73% of users in the U.S. have incomes above $75,000 (compared to 17% on Twitter, and 13% on Pinterest).

The most checked-in locations in the U.S. during 2013, excluding transportation hubs, were: Disneyland & Disney California Adventure, Anaheim, Calif.; Times Square, New York City; Epcot Center, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.; Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles; AT&T Park, San Francisco; Rangers Ballpark, Arlington, Texas; Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal City, Calif.; Fenway Park, Boston; MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas; Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, Houston.

As of September, 2013 the percentage of 15-34 year olds on Facebook are 66%. Interestingly, 45% of internet users who are 65 years or older are also on Facebook. And, don’t be embarrassed if you’re Facebook friends with your parents; 70% of users are friends with their parents.

Love it or hate it, there’s no getting away from Facebook.

Every morning when they wake up, 48% of 18-34 year olds check their Facebook account. 28% of that demographic actually check Facebook before they even get out of bed.

California is the most social state with 15,267,160 users. That means 41% of the state’s population is in Facebook. Texas is second with 9 million users and New York comes in at third with 8 million.

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In the United States, the five most popular brands on Facebook are: Walmart, Target, Amazon, Samsung Mobile USA and Subway.

Facebook has completely transformed the way we use the internet. In fact, some people in developing countries don't understand they're using the internet when they access Facebook on their phones.

Approximately 86% of their daily active users are outside the U.S. and Canada, with 29% logging in from Asian countries.

In 2013, the Super Bowl was the most talked about topic in the United States. Globally, the most talked about topic was Pope Francis.