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00:00 eight interesting facts about twitter. 00:06 number eight.
00:09 the first tweet was sent in 2006 by co-founder Jack Dorsey and said 'just setting
up my twitter' 00:15 twitter was an early name for the site,
as was friendstalker 00:22 number seven.
00:24 twitter is currently estimated to be worth $30 billion.
00:31 It has never made a profit and in 2013 it reported a loss of $645 million.
00:37 number six. 00:40 in 2009 Daniel Knight Hayden became
the first person to be prosecuted for tweeting. 00:45 he wanted a 'war' against the United
states governoment & threatened to cut cops' heads off.
00:52 number five. 00:55 it took 3 years, 2 months and 1 day
for the first billion tweets to be sent. 01:01 today over a billion tweets are sent
every 48 hours. 01:07 number four.
01:10 twitter can predict flu outbreaks according to a study of 167,995 tweets.
01:16 tweets relating to the illness were used to identify outbreaks in 9 out of 11
cities. 01:22 number three.
01:25 a fake tweet temporarily wiped $130 billion of the stock market in 2013.
01:31 it claimed president Obama had been injured in a white house explosion.
01:36 number two. 01:39 50 cent made $5 million after encouraging
his twitter followers buy stock in H&H Imports. 01:45 the loss-making business was part-owned
by Fidday. 01:51 number one.
01:54 33% of internet users in Saudi Arabia use twitter actively more than any other country.
02:00 only 11% of internet users in the USA actively use twitter.