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*There are more then 500 million active users of Facebook.

*50% of the 500 million log on to Facebook at least once a day.

*The average user has an average of 130 friends and sends 8 friend requests per month.

*People spend 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook.com.

*70% of Facebook users are outside the U.S.

*Over 200 million active users access Facebook through their cell phone.

*2.5 billion pictures are uploaded to facebook.com each month.

*facebook.com was ranked 3rd of the top 100 searches of 2009 (under youtube.com and google.com)

*Americans spend 13.9 billion minutes on Facebook.com a year and 5 billion minutes on myspace.com a year

* If Facebook were a country, it would be the fifth-largest country in the world, after China, India, the U.S., and Indonesia.

*The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales warned that Facebook and MySpace can lead children to commit suicide because such sites encourage teens to build transient relationships.

* The average Facebook user spends more the 55 minuets a day on the site.

* The average Facebook user writes 25 comments each month.

* Syria, China, Vietnam, and Iran have banned Facebook.

*lamebook.com is a regularly updated site that reposts "lame" and funny facebook posts.

*Police departments and citizens use facebook.com to catch suspected criminals.

* In the United States, 54.7% of people ages 13 to 17 have a Facebook account.

-Emmie Schultz