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The initial stage of the Facebook username land grab has finished, and we’ve already seen some very, very weird and funny Facebook vanity URLs, with new ones appearing by the minute.

These are a bit like funny tattoos: it’s cool when you do one, but you end up feeling a bit sorry afterwards.

Some of them are real gems, though, so we’ve compiled the list of the silliest ones.

Facebook is launching the new Usernames feature in the next half hour, but it did not come easy.

We are live here at Facebook headquarters for the launch of Facebook usernames.

I spoke with Jared Morgenstern (Product Manager) and Guy Rom (Manager for the Commerce and Payment System Engineering Team) about the Facebook usernames.