thefacebook.com

i don't understand - this just redirects to facebook for me?

You're not missing anything. Facebook was once called "thefacebook".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook#2003.E2.80.9306:_Thef...

So? Everyone knows that "Facebook.com" was called "TheFacebook.com" before Sean Parker asked Mark to "drop the 'the' from 'thefacebook.com'." Anyone who watched "The Social Network" knows this.

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