Interesting Facts About Facebook

Facebook has become an integral part of our lives in the last few years. But what are some interesting facts about this social networking site that you did not know? Check out fun facts about Facebook right here!

Interesting Facebook Fact List:

• Facebook is adding 7,246 people on an average every 15 minutes or 8 per second.
• About 600,000 Facebook account hacking attempts are made every day.
• Facebook is mainly blue because Mark Zuckerberg suffers from red-green color blindness.
• Many people have been killed for befriending someone on Facebook.
• Facebook has been banned in China since July 2008.
• There are 1.8 million new “likes” on Facebook every minute.
• According to estimates, Facebook spends US$30 million every month on hosting alone.
• You can’t block Mark Zuckerberg’s account on Facebook.
• Facebook is estimated to spend US$30 million every month on hosting alone.
• Smartphone users check Facebook 14 times a day.
• Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes home a salary of just US$1.
• If you open a conversation on Facebook Messenger and type ‘@fbchess play’, you can play a game of chess with your friend.
• There are about 30 million dead people on Facebook.
• Facebook has a feature that lets you decide who will manage your account when you die.
• Facebook’s first annual Hacker Cup (2011) coding challenge was won by Petr Mitrichev, a programmer at Google. He showed up at Facebook headquarters to receive his award wearing his Google employee badge. (Rook Spotted)
• The “Like” button on Facebook was originally supposed to be called “Awesome”.
• About 8.7% of all Facebook users are fake.
• Any text you enter in the status update box is sent to Facebook’s servers, even if you don’t click the post button.
• Facebook earns an average of US$5.85 per US user.
• According to one study, 1 in 3 people feel more dissatisfied with their life after visiting Facebook.