If you thought pulling off a selfie was difficult before, 2014 proved you wrong with the discovery of world's first modern 'selfie' dated back to 1920s. However, there is no denying the fact that Millenials were the ones who acquired the word 'selfie' enough cachet to be declared the Oxford Dictionaries “word of the year” in 2013. A PEW Research survey suggests more than half of Millennials have shared a ‘selfie’ on social media; no other generation is nearly as inclined to do this. Overall, 26% of Americans have shared a “selfie” on a photo-sharing or social networking site. Here is an extensive list of selfie facts that we believe you did not know before. Enjoy the read!

1. 12 Awesome
Selfie Facts We
Bet You Didn’t
Know…

2. Who wanted to
look better in
selfies? Girls or
Boys

3. The world searched for
‘Guy Selfie Tips’ but
almost never for ‘Girl
Selfie Tips’, says Google.
Did you know ‘Boys
selfie Tips’ top search
results in 2014?

4. Search for ‘Better
Selfie’ went 6-
times high.
Selfies hit the
mainstream with
an increase in
search 8-times on
2013.
Search for ‘what
is a selfie?’ went
up 3 times.

5. Cancer Research UK
launched an initiative ‘No
Make Up Selfie’ in March,
2014. The search for ‘Cancer
Awareness’ doubled during
the month and the campaign
grossed $12.5 Million.

6. Popular celebrities
hit social media
with the
#NoMakeUpSelfie.

7. Selfie stick took selfies to a new
height.
Selfie Stick is a tool that helps
people take better selfies by
increasing the field of vision of the
camera.

8. Search for ‘selfie
stick’ jumped
upto 19x.

9. This royal photo-bomb
doubled the search for
‘Photobomb’. The selfie
went viral and Queen
Photobombing became the
4th highest related search
term on Google’s radar.

10. Photobombing is the
act of stepping into
the background of a
photograph to
humorously
sabotage it.

11. Danny Bowman, a selfie addict,
made a confession to the public
saying, “I lost my friends, my
education, my health and
almost my life.”

12. As a result, people started
talking about ‘Body
Dysmorphic Disorder’ and it
peaked throughout 2014.

13. Monkeys became part of selfie craze when wildlife
photographer, David Slater, left his camera
unattended for a Macaque Monkey.

14. And did you know
‘Monkey Selfie’
beat ‘Kardashian
Selfie’ on search
in 2014?

15. The First Selfie Ever: This
photograph, snapped in New
York on the roof of the Marceau
Studio on Fifth Avenue, in
December 1920, was marked
the first modern selfie.

16. Most Searched Celebrity Selfies.

17. Ellen DeGeneres top the list for her Oscar Selfie.
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18. Emma Stone’s Nude selfie
made headlines and
secured second position in
search.
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19. President Obama posed for a
funeral selfie and Michelle
Obama’s stern look caught
attention on the Web.
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20. The ever hot Kim
Kardashian got fourth
position in search.
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21. Danica’s nip slip caused
stir discussion about
selfie ethics and made
her fifth most searched
celeb selfie in 2014.
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