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As Mark Zuckerberg celebrates his birthday on May 14, take a look at some interesting facts about his life.

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Did you know that Mark Zuckerberg is colour-blind? Read more interesting facts about Facebook's founder

Zuckerberg met his wife Priscilla Chan for the first time when he was standing in line for the washroom during a fraternity party at Harvard University.

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In 2018, Facebook spent $22.6 million (rupees 2.2 crores) on security for Zuckerberg and his family.

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He created an instant messaging program at the age of 12 that he called 'ZuckNet' so that his denitist father would know when patients arrived.

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His Hungarian sheepdog 'Beast', has his own Facebook fan page that has more than two million likes.

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As Zuckerberg has red-green colour blindness, Facebook’s logo is blue. He had once told a reporter that blue is the 'richest' colour for him.

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If you type @[4:0] in a Facebook comment window and hit enter, the name 'Mark Zuckerberg' would appear.

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While writing his application to Harvard University, Zuckerberg mentioned French, Hebrew, Latin, and ancient Greek as languages he could read and write.

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