“While most online Americans have watched or downloaded a video on the internet (69%), a much smaller — but growing number — have uploaded a video themselves. A 2009 survey found that 14% of internet users have uploaded a video to the internet so others can watch or download it, up from just 8% in 2007. The growth of social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace have contributed to both the growth in viewing and to uploading of online video. In fact, roughly as many video uploaders put their video on a social networking site (52%) as shared their video on a dedicated video-sharing site such as YouTube (49%). Far viewer uploaded their video on a news website (12%) or blog (10%). More video uploaders say they place no restrictions on who can watch their video (50%) than say they “always” restrict viewership (31%). Four-in-ten uploaders have been surprised by the number of people who watch their videos, and 28% say sharing videos online helped them meet new people.”

Facebook’s astronomic rise, staggeringly large user-base, and world’s youngest self-made billionaire CEO make it one of the most fascinating companies around today.

While everyone knows the basics about the service’s Harvard dorm room origins, we’ve delved a little deeper to find out more interesting snippets of info.

Here are 10 facts you might not know about Facebook, so read on and let us know your favorites in the comments box below.

The ability to center a windows is something that I’m really anal about and Windows 7 missed it with Aero snap. I’m glad Window Manager adds that functionality…

As Facebook prepares to celebrate reaching 500 million members later this week (it added the last 100 million in only five months), ForeSee Results released the unhappy findings of its 2010 American Customer Survey Index. Participants gave Facebook only 64 points out of 100 in the customer satisfaction survey, making it one of the lowest-ranked companies in its category (MySpace was given a 63). “ForeSee Results CEO Larry Freed says that ‘privacy concerns, frequent changes to the website, and commercialization and advertising’ are responsible for the low rating,” Mashable reported. “Those reasons for dissatisfaction mirror the ones revealed in previous searches.” Even as Facebook users continue to express their dissatisfaction, however, they just aren’t leaving the social networking site. Mashable hypothesized that they are sticking with the site because there is no strong competitor to turn to or because the site, over time, has made itself essential for event planning and communication. “Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be giving a rare TV interview with Diane Sawyer [Wednesday], presumably to talk about the (500 million member) milestone and repair some of the PR damage in the wake of these privacy scandals and in anticipation of the release of the film The Social Network,” Mashable reported. To provide some context, Foxnews.com scored an 82 in the survey; Google scored an 80; and Wikipedia, Bing, YouTube, CNN.com, MSNBC.com, and Yahoo all scored somewhere in the 70s.

“I’m on a horse.“

Those are the words that turned the once-stale Old Spice brand into something refreshing and new. The folks at Proctor and Gamble, who make Old Spice, took it a step further last week when they launched an Old Spice Guy response campaign, creating dozens of personalized responses to the tweets, emails and Facebook posts from his many fans, including George Stephanopolous (presidential abs!) and Alyssa Milano.

Marshall Kirkpatrick from ReadWriteWeb did a bang up job giving us a behind the scenes look at how the campaign worked. At this point, I have to confess that I’ve watched every one of the videos. Between that and the media overload about the ab-tastic spokesman, I’ve been thinking a lot about what a campaign like this means, especially for nonprofits. Like the Red Cross text message campaign and any one of the Humane Society Facebook fundraisers before it, I’m certain this is a campaign the sector will be dying to replicate. So, what can we learn?

Your campaign has to be one, if not both of the following: funny and immediate.

Extremely hilarious things go viral, we know this. We haven’t collectively watched cat in a fishbowl over ONE MILLION TIMES because it’s socially relevant.

Funny is not enough, though.

I use Picnik for most of my simple photo editing and it does support the ‘rule of 3rds’ as discussed in the article. Also works in conjunction with Picasa and the Picasa web app which I highly recommend as well…

Definitely my favorite tech site. What about you?