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Top 10 Surprising Facts about Facebook

Top 10 Surprising Facts about Facebook

Facebook is one of the strongest social media websites which totally changed the world of internet. It is an easy way to interact with friends, relatives, and peers. Facebook is also helpful to approach the right kind of clients, and via it, lots of unemployed individuals find their jobs. Here are the top 10 surprising facts about Facebook.

Surprising Facts about Facebook

10. Mark Zuckerberg’s shortcut


Mark Zuckerberg is the founder of Facebook. He reportedly had close to 32 million followers when he posted the piece at his profile, which was https://www.facebook.com/zuck, a link that makes sense since it contains a shortened version of his name. His shortcuts have always been interesting. Another address is www.facebook.com/4.

Surprising Facts about Facebook

9. Get paid to find bugs


The in-charge of Facebook pays you when you find vulnerabilities on the site. There is no minimum or maximum reward, as per Facebook terms. Actions are immediately taken when the company’s privacy is violated.

Surprising Facts about Facebook

8. MySpace could have bought Facebook


MySpace was Facebook before Facebook was cool. It has now become a separate social media websites which lets the users upload and share pictures with followers. MySpace offered Zuckerberg a big amount for Facebook. Chances were that it could buy Facebook with a cool sum of $75 million.

Surprising Facts about Facebook

7. The “Awesome” button


Do you remember the ‘awesome’ button? If you like something on Facebook, there is a “Like” button for that. It used to be the “Awesome” button, an option that was eventually vetoed by Zuckerberg. He was of the view that awesome is a controversial word for the website, so it was removed.

Surprising Facts about Facebook

6. Remember the “Facebook guy?”


One of the early icons of Facebook has been the ‘Facebook guy’. It was an image of famous actor Al Pacino, which was reportedly used as the company logo. We no more see this guy. Do you miss it?

Surprising Facts about Facebook

5. What happens to your Facebook when you die?


Death is a fact we all have to face. What happens to your Facebook when you diet? It can either be memorialized or turned into somewhat of a makeshift social media gravestone where people can freely leave messages and post memorable things. Chances are that the account is deleted, but for this Facebook requires death certificate.

Surprising Facts about Facebook

4. Teens no longer love Facebook


True that teens lo longer love Facebook. To much extent, they have walked away from this social media website. Reports reveal that teens have now been giving preference to services such as Instagram, Snapchat, Vine and Tumblr.

Surprising Facts about Facebook

3. …but teens still love Facebook


Avoiding Facebook doesn’t mean teens have quit its use. They have just reduced the amount of time they used to spend on this social media website. A survey conducted reveals that approximately 71 percent of teenagers still use Facebook.

Surprising Facts about Facebook

2. The Pirate Language option


Has anyone noticed the pirate language option of Facebook? It is actually the ability of changing the language for your personal Facebook page, and has the “English (Pirate)” option. With just a handful of clicks, you can turn your Facebook experience into one that reads like a Pirates of the Caribbean script, good for the “Talk Like a Pirate” days.

Surprising Facts about Facebook

1. Facebook used to be college only


Yes, it is right, Facebook used to be college only. These days, setting up a Facebook account is very easy. It is easy to control the information about you such as the college you studied at, your age, and other. Facebook has ultimately made your social media experience wonderful.

Surprising Facts about Facebook

 
25 “Pin-ispiring” Facts About Pinterest That You Probably Didn’t Know

25 “Pin-ispiring” Facts About Pinterest That You Probably Didn’t Know

Pinterest is without doubt the world’s biggest online catalog of ideas. Many dedicated pinners see it as a source of inspiration, while others choose to use the site as a supplement or complement to their work. Unlike Facebook or Twitter, Pinterest is a “quiet” and unique social media platform where you can casually browse and bookmark visuals without worrying whether other people will like or comment on your posts. Pinterest is a platform that gives you the opportunity to express yourself and allows you to broadcast your tastes and lifestyle to the world, even if that lifestyle is just the stuff of dreams.

Pinterest is super easy to use. It is also a different and fascinating way to make friends since what will really connect you with others in a visual conversation of sorts are your interests and lifestyles rather than your educated or uneducated opinions on a wide variety of subjects. Most importantly, there’s no need to worry about privacy, since you’re not sharing any personal information when you’re on the site. So, if you’re not familiar with the platform yet, here follow 25 “Pin-ispiring” Facts About Pinterest That You Probably Didn’t Know and will get you logged in and pinning today.

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The idea for Pinterest grew out of CEO and cofounder Ben Silbermann’s love for bug collecting. He says his bug collection is “Pinterest 1.0.”


bug collection

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Pinterest started with just three employees in 2009. Seven years later, it has more than five hundred.


employees

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Pinterest was founded by three friends, Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp, who like to collect all sorts of things and thought it would be fun to bring the idea of collection making to the Internet.


Paul Sciarra

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Ben Silbermann initially hoped to become a doctor, but instead he founded Pinterest during the Great Recession. He often talks about how he survived early failures and built the site for the long term.


doctor

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Zappos shoppers are thirteen times more likely to share a purchase on Pinterest than on Twitter.


zappos

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In 2013, more than twenty percent of American adults were utilizing Pinterest. This makes the site slightly more popular than Twitter or Instagram, though all three still lag far behind Facebook.


twitter

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An estimated forty-seven percent of American online shoppers have made a purchase based on recommendations they discovered on Pinterest.


online shopping

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While Google+ is the most male oriented of the major social networks at seventy percent, more than seventy-nine percent of Pinterest users are female.


google plus

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Maybe that explains why Pinterest initially received little media attention compared to other social platforms. The tech press is mostly male, and Pinterest is heavily trafficked by women.


News-media-standards

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Approximately half of all Pinterest users have children.


children

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While Pinterest uses Facebook Connect to let Facebook members log on and publish their activity to their Facebook newsfeed, Pinterest may pose a threat to Facebook as more people spend more time pinning rather than connecting with others on Facebook.


facebook

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When launched in 2009, Pinterest was initially a closed-beta, invitation-only site. By January 2012, Pinterest had become a household name and had more than ten million unique visitors each month.


invitations

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Pinterest has introduced an opt-out code Web publishers can embed on their sites, which prevents pinners from republishing material.


opt in

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Initially, no one wanted to invest in Pinterest because they didn’t want to invest in a start-up that had non-tech founders. Additionally, none of the early investors who reviewed Pinterest could understand why anyone would want to spend so much time collecting and displaying things.


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In 2012, Pinterest attempted to monetize its content by incorporating company-sponsored pins into regular user content with Skimlinks software. Users became upset over the lack of transparency in the affiliate links system.


pins

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The design that Pinterest uses is called the jQuery Masonry layout. Though it had been used before, Pinterest was the first site to take the design to mainstream success, showing how the traditional reverse-chronology layout could be successfully broken.


10. youtub

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According to the breakdown of its racial demographics, Pinterest is a platform white people prefer. Eighty-five percent of its users are white, while eight percent are Hispanic, seven percent are African American, and only three percent are Asian.


girls jumping

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According to Pinterest, its mission statement is to “connect everyone in the world through the things they find interesting,” “to help people to discover what they didn’t know they wanted,” and “to get people offline to do the things they love.”


computer chat

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In a 2013 Pew Internet & American Life Project survey of one thousand American adults, nearly twenty percent of female Internet users were on Pinterest, compared to just five percent of men.


internet user

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A TODAY Moms’ survey of seven thousand American mothers has shown that forty-two percent of them report suffering from “Pinterest stress,” or not feeling crafty or creative enough.


mother

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5

A porn site called Snatchly advertises itself as “your online pornboard” or “Pinterest for men.” Additionally, Pornterest is a Pinterest copycat site devoted to porn.


Censored_rubber_stamp

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Nowadays, Pinterest is considered more popular than e-mail for sharing different things, including favorite hairstyles, cars, and, historical moments. It is surpassed only by Facebook and Twitter.


car

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The very first pin on Pinterest was in January 2010 by CEO Ben Silbermann. It was a picture of a Valentine’s Day gift.


valentine's day gift

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Pinterest reached the ten-million-visitor mark faster than almost any social media platform in history. It is the fastest-growing independent site in the history of the Internet.


pinterest

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1

The most popular pinner on Pinterest is Jane Wang, who is cofounder Ben Silbermann’s mom.


Ben Silbermann

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25 Surprising Facts About Tattoos That You Probably Didn’t Know

25 Surprising Facts About Tattoos That You Probably Didn’t Know

Even though we’re living in one of the most progressive eras in history, in a world that has become increasingly more open to different cultures and trends than ever before, some people still associate tattoos with certain subcultures and underground lifestyles. Tattoos have been around for thousands of years, and depending on the place and period, haven’t always been viewed negatively. A simple look back will show you that tattoos have been found across the globe throughout history and in many cases have symbolized something sacred or honorable (you can Google it).

Nowadays, for all those who see tattoos as works of art or as a way to enhance one’s beauty, there are those who still see them in a dark light; in their minds, tattoos are associated with prison life, gangs, drug use, and racist organizations among other bad things. So in case you happen to be one of those people who want to get a tattoo but are skeptical, read the following 25 Surprising Facts About Tattoos That You Probably Didn’t Know and will also enlighten you enough to make the right decision.

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The Iceman (3300–3200 BCE), whose physical remains are still intact, has the oldest tattoos that have been preserved. He has a black cross on the inside of his left knee, six straight lines on his lower back, and parallel lines on his ankles, legs, and wrists. When scientists X-rayed his body, they discovered joint disease under each tattoo, which makes them believe these tattoos were meant to relieve his pain.


cross tattoo

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25 Facts About Television And TV Shows That Are Pretty Cool

TV has played a significant role in all of our lives. For the past century it has brought us the news, entertained us, made us laugh, made us cry, and even scared us. It went from the early days of black and white TV all the way to today’s colorful flat screens. It started with no sound, today we have surround sound. TV has certainly left its mark on society. It created several generations worth of celebrities, and today it continues to create more.

Of course, with the rise of the internet, there are other factors at play now. These days you have to ask yourself, what is a TV? A child born right now may never “turn the TV on” or even use a remote. They will just whip out their phone and start watching their favorite TV show. The world has changed a lot, but if it weren’t for TV, we wouldn’t be where we are now. It was a critical intermediate step, and today we are going to honor its memory and pay our respects. Alright, that might be a bit overblown, but we are going to learn a little bit about how TV shaped our world. These are 25 Facts About Television And TV Shows That Are Pretty Cool!



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In 1969, the US wanted to cut the public broadcasting budget. Mr Rogers, who was relatively unknown at the time, went to Washington to talk to congress. Instead of the budget being cut, it was increased from $9 million to $22 million.


In 1969 the US wanted to cut the public broadcasting budget. Mr Rogers, who was relatively unknown at the time, went to Washington to talk to congress. Instead of the budget being cut it was increased from $9 million to $22 million

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The most expensive ad ever made cost $33 million. It was a Chanel advertisement that starred Nicole Kidman.


The most expensive ad ever made cost $33 million. It was a Chanel advertisement that starred Nicole Kidman.

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23

Although most people dream in color, people who grew up watching black and white TV tend to dream in black and white.


Although most people dream in color, people who grew up watching black and white TV tend to dream in black and white

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Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of the modern television, wouldn't let his kids watch TV.


Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of the modern television, wouldn't let his kids watch TV

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21

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition drove so many families into bankruptcy and foreclosure that they had to start downsizing their houses.


Extreme Makeover: Home Edition drove so many families into bankruptcy and foreclosure that they had to start downsizing their houses

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20

In the UK, if you own a TV you have to pay a $230 TV tax to support the BBC.


In the UK, if you own a TV you have to pay a $230 TV tax to support the BBC

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The founder of Wendy's, Dave Thomas, appeared in more than 800 commercials for Wendy's. That's the most commercials anybody has ever done.


The founder of Wendy's, Dave Thomas, appeared in more than 800 commercials for Wendy's. That's the most commercials anybody has ever done.

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In 1987, a man hijacked a TV station during an episode of Dr. Who while wearing a mask and blabbering nonsense. He was never caught.


In 1987 a man hijacked a TV station during an episode of Dr. Who while wearing a mask and blabbering nonsense. He was never caught.

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“The Television Ghost” was an American TV series in the 1930's that featured an actor dressed up as a dead person telling the story of how they were murdered.


“The Television Ghost” was an American TV series in the 1930s that featured an actor dressed up as a dead person telling the story of how they were murdered.

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16

In Norway, product placement is illegal.


In Norway, product placement is illegal.

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15

Thanks to crime dramas, jurors have been found to have a bias towards the reliability of forensic techniques. This has even been referred to as the "CSI Effect."


crime drama

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14

Earl Wild was the first person to play piano on TV. 60 years later he was also the first person to stream himself playing on the internet.


Earl Wild was the first person to play piano on TV. 60 years later he was also the first person to stream himself playing on the internet.

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13

The average person in the United States will spend 15 years of their life watching TV.


The average person in the United States will spend 15 years of their life watching TV

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12

Simpsons is the longest running animated TV series in the US. Arnold is number 2.


Simpsons is the longest running animated TV series in the US. Arnold is number 2.

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11

British TV show Top Gear is the most watched series in the world.


British TV show Top Gear is the most watched series in the world

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10

In 1974, Christine Chubbuck, a reporter, announced during a broadcast that "in keeping with Channel 40’s policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts, and in living color, you are going to see another first - attempted suicide.” She then pulled out a gun and killed herself.


In 1974, Christine Chubbuck, a reporter announced during a broadcast that

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9

"The Dying Rooms" was TV series in 1995 that documented Chinese orphanages. Apparently, while it is illegal to deliberately kill a child, it is not illegal to neglect them in one of these orphanages until they die of starvation.




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8

Wayfarer sunglasses almost became a relic in the 1980's but then Ray-Ban signed a product placement deal that saw them featured in nearly 60 TV shows and movies.


Wayfarer sunglasses almost became a relic in the 1980s but then Ray-Ban signed a product placement deal that saw them featured in nearly 60 TV shows and movies

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7

Although times are fast changing with the internet, the average American spends 5 hours watching TV every day.


Although times are fast changing with the internet, the average American spends 5 hours watching TV every day

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6

The first interracial kiss on US television was during an episode of Star Trek. The scene was filmed both with and without the kiss but the actors (Shatner and Nichols) intentionally messed up every shot taken without the kiss. Therefore the producers had no choice but to air the kiss.


The first interracial kiss on US television was during an episode of Star Trek. The scene was filmed both with and without the kiss but the actors (Shatner and Nichols) intentionally messed up every shot taken without the kiss. Therefore the producers had no choice but to air the kiss.

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5

After President Kennedy died in 1963, TV networks broadcast 4 days of non-stop coverage of his funeral and burial. It cost them $100 million in lost advertising revenue.


After President Kennedy died in 1963, TV networks broadcast 4 days of non-stop coverage of his funeral and burial. It cost them $100 million in lost advertising revenue.

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4

25% of people watch their TV shows on a mobile device.


25% of people watch their TV shows on a mobile device

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3

In the United States, people will spend about 17 days of their life watching commercials.


In the United States, people will spend about 17 days of their life watching commercials

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2

John Munch (played by Richard Belzer) is the only fictional character played by the same actor to feature in 10 different TV series. These included Law & Order and the X-Files.


John Munch (played by Richard Belzer) is the only fictional character played by the same actor to feature in 10 different TV series. These included Law & Order and the X-Files.

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1

Superman is hidden in every episode of Seinfeld


Superman is hidden in every episode of Seinfeld

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