Ten Amazing Facts about Facebook You Probably Didn’t Know.

1.       The headquarter of Facebook is in Menlo Park California.

2.       The website first opened its membership only for Harvard University Students. Later on, its membership was extended to the other educational institutions of Boston area.

3.       Facebook received its first investment from Paypal.

4.       Facebook purchased its domain name Facebook.com for US$200,000.

5.       Since 2006, anyone age 13 and older has been allowed to become a registered user of Facebook, though variations exist in the minimum age requirement, depending on applicable local laws. In September 2006 Facebook was made open to everyone with at least 13 years of age and a valid email address.

6.       Facebook classifies users from the ages of 13 to 18 as minors and therefore sets their profiles to share content with friends only.

7.       In 2009 a study ranked Facebook the most used social media website by worldwide monthly active users.

8.       In 2010, Facebook was The Third Largest Web Company after Google and Amazon.

9.       In March 2011 Facebook removed 20,000 user profiles; and played its part in Cyber-Security.

10.   Facebook makes most of its Revenue through Advertisements, totaling $2.68 billion, where mobile advertisements amounting to 62%.