WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW
With the social media company recently revealing a $5.84 billion (£4bn) quarterly profit we reveal the most surprising facts about the biggest tech success story of recent times.
IT ALL STARTED IN A DORM ROOM
The social media giant had humble beginnings. It was created in a Harvard University dorm room in 2004 by friends Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin and Chris Hughes and was originally called Thefacebook.com.
THE FIRST ATTEMPT
But Facebook wasn’t Zuckerberg’s first site. In 2003 he created Facemash, which listed pictures of Harvard students in a 'hot or not' type format. This didn’t take off.
WHAT COLOR IS THAT?
The Facebook logo is blue because Zuckerberg is color blind and blue is the hue he can see best.
COLLEGE DROP OUT
After receiving a cash injection of $500,000 (£350,000) in late 2004, Zuckerberg dropped out of university and started up Facebook HQ in Palo Alto, California.
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