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10 Facts You Don’t Know About Facebook

Facebook practically created the social network world with its great features allowing friends and family half way around the world to keep track of us via instant messaging, status updates, and the photo sharing feature. It’s practically the brain child of all other social networks that followed.

1. Facebook is blue because Mark Zuckerberg suffers from red-green colour blindness.

 

2. The meaning of a “poke” has never been defined.

Facebook has never officially answered the question of what the “poke” function does. The feature was design for “fun” purposes. So mess around with it, because you’re not getting an explanation from us.

 

3. One in three Facebook users reported that they felt worse after visiting the site.

Most people were reported to feel worse after viewing pictures and status updates of people hwo seem to have a better life than they are.

 

4. People have been murdered for unfriending someone on Facebook.

In 2012, a Tennessee man fatally shot a couple who had unfriended his 30-year-old daughter on the social network.

 

5. Facebook is named as a factor in one of three divorces.

According to a survey by the British legal service, the social network was implicated in a third of all divorce filings. This is because social networking is making it way easier to track down former flames and communicate with potential new flings.

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6. 600,000 hacking attempts are made to Facebook accounts every day.

Most commonly hackers spam the member’s friends in an attempt to sell counterfeit goods. They are also known for updating your friend’s status to say “I’M A HUGE POOPHEAD.” for example.

 

7. Skype App

Although Skype is known for the awesome free video calls, Facebook is usually where you and your friends spend their time. Face book gives you the best of both worlds by allowing you to connect the two. Make your online video calls directly through your Facebook page by adding the Skype app to your account and start talking.

 

8. Photo Editing

Facebook is where many people store their photos nowadays, but did you know that you can do more than just post your pics? With apps like LunaPic, you can edit your Facebook photos directly on your profile!

 

9. Facebook tracks which sites you visit, even after you’ve signed out.

In 2014, Facebook told Ad Age that it will start tracking users across the Internet using its widgets such as the Like button, but that’s only one step in the company’s long history of privacy quicksand.

 

10. Someday there will be more dead people on Facebook than living ones.

It’ll probably happen in either the 2060s or the 2130s because their Facebook accounts won’t be deactivated when they die. Creepy hey…

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