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Fascinating Facts About Google
1)  The Tech Giant - GOOGLE !!

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  • 1. The name 'Google' is actually derived from the mathematical term 'googol' which is basically 1 with a 100 zeros following it
  • 2. Co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin originally named Google 'Backrub'
  • 3. As part of their green initiative, Google regularly rents goats to mow the lawns of their mountain view HQ


Is'nt it interesting ?

  • 3. Google employees in the US get death benefits which guarantee that the surviving spouse will receive 50% of their salary every year for the next decade.

                                                                                                                                                                               Google definitely cares for its employees too, yes obviously !!

  • 4. No part of a Google office is allowed to be more than 150 feet away from some kind of food
A sound stomach encourages healthy work !!













  • 5. Google helps pronounce massive numbers if you type '=english' after searching for a number














  • 6. Google wanted to sell itself to online company Excite in 1999 for $1 million, but the Excite CEO rejected the offer
Google is now worth more than $300 billion. That's got to sting.










  • 7. The first ever Google Doodle was a Burning Man stick figure that came out on August 30, 1998
It came about when Larry and Sergey visited the Burning Man Festival in Nevada. It was added to the homepage to let users know they were out of office and couldn't fix technical issues like a server crash.





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