MySpace was founded by former Friendster members Chris Dewolfe and Tom Anderson in 2003.

MySpace was purchased in 2005 for $580 million by Rupert Murdoch creator of a media empire that includes 20th Century Fox and the Fox television stations.

The 100 millionth Myspace account was created on August 6, 2006 in the Netherlands and a news story claimed 106 million accounts on September 8, 2006.

The site reportedly attracts 230,000 new registrations per day.

MySpace has more than 40 billion page views a month.

Google paid $900 million to be MySpace’s search provider.

In May 2006, Long Island, New York teenagers Shaun Harrison and Saverio Mondelli were charged with illegal computer access and attempted extortion of MySpace, after both had allegedly hacked into the site to steal the personal information of MySpace users before threatening to share the secrets of how they broke into the website unless MySpace paid them $150,000. Both teens were arrested by undercover Los Angeles police detectives posing as MySpace employees.

Microsoft plans to skip Office 13 for being “an unlucky number,” going directly from Office 12 to Office 14.

Some airplanes skip a row 13, going straight from 12 to 14.

In Scotland, there is no gate 13 in any airport, instead there is a gate 12B.

In Formula One, there is no number 13 car.

The Apollo 13 spacecraft malfunctioned after being launched on April 11th at 13:13 CST, forcing it to return to Earth without a landing on the moon and imperiling its crew.

After 13 years of being the richest man in the world, Microsoft Corporation chairman Bill Gates lost this title, according to Forbes magazine’s 2008 list of the world’s billionaires.

On the first two albums by the Avant-Garde metal band Fantômas, Track 13 has no title, is unlisted on the album cover and consists of a few seconds of silence.

It takes approximately 3 seconds to check the time, and if you check time around 10 times a day, you will spend 10 days of your lifetime in just looking at your watch.