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13.5 M
everyone
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The Notebook
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Movie
As teenagers, Allie (Rachel McAdams) and Noah (Ryan Gosling) begin a whirlwind courtship that soon blossoms into tender intimacy. The young ...
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0.768
likester rank
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0
friends
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13.8 M
everyone
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YouTube
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Product/service
YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original...
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0.757
likester rank
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0
friends
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74.5 M
everyone
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Football
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Sport
Football refers to a number of sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal. The most popular of th...
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0.754
likester rank
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0
friends
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46.3 M
everyone
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Nutella
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Food/beverages
Welcome to the Official International Nutella® Spread Facebook page. Here you can share and enjoy all the initiatives promoted by Nutella®,...
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0.743
likester rank
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0
friends
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17.4 M
everyone
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American Idol
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Tv show
Every year, tens of thousands of hopefuls from across the nation audition for a shot at stardom. The show’s judges – Mariah Carey, Randy Jac...
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0.724
likester rank
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0
friends
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10.3 M
everyone
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Prison Break
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Tv show
Drama series focusing on two brothers who must engineer a daring escape from a hellish Panamanian prison while attempting to bring down the ...
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0.716
likester rank
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0
friends
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10.5 M
everyone
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Black Eyed Peas
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Musician/band
Pop/Hip-Hop: THE BLACK EYED PEAS THE E.N.D. They are the best selling hip-hop group in music today, having sold over 26 million albums worl...
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0.715
likester rank
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0
friends
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41.3 M
everyone
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Taylor Swift
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Musician/band
Country: Hi, Im Taylor. I love the number 13. I was born in December on a Christmas tree farm. I like imagining what life was like hundreds ...
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0.702
likester rank
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0
friends
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43 M
everyone
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