google fact
- Google got its name by accident. The founders misspelled "googol", which refers to the number 1 followed by 100 zeroes.
2. Every day, 16% of the searches that occur are ones that Google has never seen before.
3. In 1999, the founders of Google actually tried to sell it to Excite for just US$1 million. Excite turned them down.
4. If you search for "askew" in Google, the content will tilt slightly to the right. Try it, you will be amused to see the tilt.
5. Because Gmail first launched on April 1st of 2004, many people thought it was an April Fools' Day prank.
6. On August 16, 2013, Google went down for 5 minutes and in that time, the global internet traffic dropped by 40%.
7. Google Maps calculates traffic by tracking how fast Android devices are moving on the road.
8. Every minute, 2 million searches are performed on Google.
9. In 2010, Nicaragua accidentally invaded Costa Rica because of a mistake in Google Maps. Pitty!
10. There are Google bikes parked throughout the Googleplex that employees can hop on and ride from building to building. None of them are locked; employees simply take them when they need them. Additionally, a doctor regularly visits the Google campus so Googlers don’t have to leave the office for a checkup. Google is also known for its “20% time,” the one day a week that employees can take simply to work on something that interests them.
11. A Google employee is named a “Googler” while a new team member is called a “Noogler.” Watch the Hollywood hit movie “Internship” to know more about this.
12.Iran's largest airport had a Star of David embedded into its roof for 30 years until it was discovered through Google Earth. Most amazing right!!
13. Google’s first-ever Twitter post was in February 2004. It was binary for “I’m feeling lucky.”
14. Users can search for content in 35 non-English languages, including Chinese, Greek, Arabic, Urdu, Tamil and Mandarin. To date, no requests have been received from beyond the earth’s orbit, but Google has a Klingon interface if they decide to make contact one day.
15. Just so you know: “to google” became a verb in 2006 when both Oxford English Dictionary as well as the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary recognized it. It of course means – to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet.
16. Type “Atari breakout” in Google images. You won’t find a image in the webpage but will end up playing the game. Mind boggling.
(If the game doesn't appear in your mobile phone,please use google chrome browser or else try in your PC)
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