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If you are one of those who think that social networking started with Facebook, then you might not be right. From the very first email sent in 1971 to existing social networking sites that dominate the web, there was nothing like a good info-graphic before to teach us something. This info-graphic by online schools teach us through the history of social networking, statistics on where we are today, and provides a quick look of where we may head.

Scroll down for infographics on the size of the web and an illustrated history of social media. We've also got some hands on demos and a look at some nifty LinkedIn features to help your company. Looking for even more social media resources? This guide appears every weekend, and you can check out all the lists-gone-by here any time.

With more than 550 million people on Facebook, 65 million tweets posted on Twitter each day, and 2 billion video views each day on YouTube—, social media has become an integral part of our connected lives. But this is just the beginning.

Here at Mashable, we subscribe to The Oatmeal, a web comic created by Matthew Inman. Launched in the spring of 2009, The Oatmeal is a true Internet success story, with the site seeing nearly a quarter of a billion pageviews in 2010. Inman's wry observations on the absurdity of life, both on and offline, coupled with humorous illustrations, are shared by thousands across social networks, and are about to get analog with a coming-soon book.