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9 Facts About Huffington Post People Probably Don't Know

Happy Ninth Anniversary HuffPost
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Assistant Picture Editor at The Huffington Post UK

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Happy birthday Huffington Post! The website is 9-years-old today, boasting international editions across the globe, including (of course) the award-winning HuffPost UK.

There have been plenty of landmarks in the HuffPost journey, many created by the 70,000 bloggers that have participated in making the website such a success, but here are 9 facts that you probably don't know about our publication…

9 Facts About Huffington Post People Probably Don't Know
The Huffington Post houses over 850 staff members globally(01 of09)
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Huffington Post has been to space onboard the ISS(02 of09)
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Astronauts talk to @HuffPostLive from the International Space Station in space
Huffington Post has over 70,000 bloggers(03 of09)
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Bloggers internationally range from politicians to celebrities alike
HuffPost Live has had over one BILLION views since its launch in 2012(04 of09)
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Over 17,000 guests from more than 100 countries have joined us live on-air.
Arianna Huffington is not only the chair of Huffington Post she is also a author of over a dozen books (05 of09)
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Arianna's latest book is called Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder
Even Oprah has blogged (06 of09)
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We've won a Pulitzer Prize!(07 of09)
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In 2012, The Huffington Post won the Pulitzer Prize in the category of National Reporting for senior military correspondent David Wood's 10-part series about wounded veterans, "Beyond the Battlefield"
152,000 articles were read in the past year on the UK site alone(08 of09)
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We've won over 50 awards internationally(09 of09)
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