7 interesting facts about Facebook

Social network Facebook has become the symbol of our time. In it, we make new friends, fall in love, to part, watch the video with seals and are conducting business. The number of users of this service is growing exponentially and will soon seem to be equal to the population of our planet. However, few of them know these seven interesting facts.

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If you ever need to change the display language of Facebook, you can do it in the settings of the social network. Among the many common languages ​​on the ground here, for some reason, there is also a pirate and English inverted (all letters upside down).

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Facebook is the third most popular application on smartphones after email and browser. 79% of users check their Facebook page at least 15 minutes after the morning rise. Every day, the average user visits the social network about 14 times.

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There is a theory that every person is familiar with any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances in common, on average, consisting of five people (six handshakes). In the social network Facebook, this distance is even shorter. Milan University study proved that any two Facebook users separates chain consisting of 3.74 person.

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After another viewing Facebook tape felt irritation or sadness? You are not alone. according to research Humboldt University of Berlin, one in three Facebook user is experiencing dissatisfaction with their lives after visiting the social network.

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IN description Cause thirds of divorces in the United States the word was present in 2011 Facebook. Most often this is due to the evidence of infidelity of a spouse, the availability of addictions, domestic violence or improper fulfillment of parental responsibilities.

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On Facebook, you can take care of what happens to your account after death. To do this in the settings to assign the so-called guardian, ie a person to whom you entrust the management of your account after your death. You can do this in account security settings.

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During the existence of Facebook tried to buy the company at least 10 times. The first sentence of Mark Zuckerberg got within four months after the launch. Among the potential buyers were such well-known companies such as Viacom, MySpace, Yahoo, AOL, Microsoft, and even Google. However, each time the view Zuckerberg about the value of his creations did not agree with the proposals of potential buyers. Apparently, he was right.

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