In 2010, which company reportedly bought the domain name of a farm bureau for $8.5 million, clearly interested in the F and the B?
Facebook announced that it reached three million active advertisers with more than 70% from outside the US. On November 15, 2010, Facebook announced it had acquired the domain name fb.com from the American Farm Bureau Federation for an undisclosed amount. On January 11, 2011, the Farm Bureau disclosed $8.5 million in "domain sales income", making the acquisition of FB.com one of the ten highest domain sales in history. In April 2012, Facebook acquired Instagram for approximately US$1 billion in cash and stock. In February 2014, Facebook announced that it would be buying mobile messaging company WhatsApp for US$19 billion in cash
Joseph F. and Anna B. Schrot Farm Joseph F. and Anna B. Schrot Farm The Joseph F. and Anna B. Schrot Farm is a subsistence farm located at 880 Carbon Mine Road in Lawrence Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. The farm was established in 1889 by Joseph F. and Anna B. Schrot, a stonemason and his wife who immigrated to Clearfield County from Austria in 1883. Stone quarries at nearby Curwensville had created a local demand for masons, and Joseph Schrot was one of many Europeans who came to Clearfield County to take construction work. The Schrots' farm provided food for the couple and their family of fourteen