I guess you should feel honored if Facebook notifies you that you are eligible for a verified account. The population of Facebook is going to drop drastically though after all the non-verified "celebrity accounts" are outed by this. 
Facebook will manually approve alternative names to make sure individuals are really the celebrities, politicians, journalists, and so on they claim they are. Those with verified accounts will also gain more prominent placement in Facebook’s "People To Subscribe To" suggestions.
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