5 Facts You Didn't Know About Facebook

As you’d expect from the world’s most popular social media site, Facebook has some fascinating stories since it started in 2004. Here are 5 fun facts that might surprise you.

1. There are about 30 million dead people on Facebook.

Facebook now enables us to memorialize pages of those who have passed away. Make sure you pick a loved one to be your legacy contact to manage your account just in case.

2. Facebook’s ‘Like’ button used to be the ‘Awesome’ button.

It has now evolved into a range of reactions to better express yourself online.

3. Since 2009, Facebook has been banned in China for more than 7 years.

China has access to other social networks, such as Weibo, that are approved by the government.

4. Which Facebook fanpage has the most followers?

Facebook is the winner with 173.23 million followers.

The runner up is Cristiano Ronaldo with 117.09 million followers.

5. Why Facebook is blue? Because Mark Zuckerberg suffers from red-green colorblindness.

In an interview with the Washington Post, Zuckerberg said “blue is the richest color for me — I can see all of blue.”