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5 Things You Didn’t Know About Facebook

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Kia Kokalitcheva
Kia Kokalitcheva
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Kia Kokalitcheva
Kia Kokalitcheva
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June 17, 2016, 9:00 PM ET
Photograph by Jonathan Nackstrand — Getty Images

Facebook is 12 years old and one of the best known services and brands in the world, with more than 1.65 billion users worldwide. This year, the company nabbed the No. 157 spot on Fortune 500 list.

But there are still some lesser known and surprising facts about the company and even its history. How many did you already know?

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