20 Fascinating Facts About Google Everyone Should Know

Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. Google is a search Engine Company that was started in the garage and now it is among the most valuable companies in the world. Google was incorporated as a privately held company in September 1998. 



Google has taken the technology to the next level. Google always does things in a different way and has its own style of keeping itself apart from the crowd. Let's discuss some facts about Google



1) Larry Page and Sergey Brin originally named google as 'Backrub'.

 

2) The name google was actually derived from the mathematical term 'googol' which is basically 1 with 100 zeros following it. 

 

3) Google regularly rents goats to mow the lawns of their mountain view Headquarter.

 

4) Since 2010, Google has been acquiring an average of one company every week. 

 

5)Google uses a tool called foo.bar to recruit new employees. 

 

6) Google Employees in the US get death benefits which guarantee that the surviving domestic partner or wife will receive 50% of their salary for the next decade. 

 

7) Google helps pronounce massive numbers if you type "= English" after searching for a number. 

 

8) Google wanted to sell itself to the online company Excite in 1999 for $1 million, but the Excite CEO rejected the offer. 

 

9) Google's first office was a rented garage.

 

10 ) Google New York began at a Starbucks on 86th Street. 

 

11) Gmail was launched on April fool's day, no joke.

 

12) Google has had a pet-friendly office since the beginning. 

 

13) Go to the Google Home page and type " I want to commit suicide " It Will Provide the suicide helpline number of your country.

 

14) Google sky maps let you view and explore more about stars, Galaxies.

 

15) There is a rotated version of Google too, which is known as " Google Mirror " that shows everything in a mirrored form. 

 

16 ) Google makes most of its revenue not through its search engine, but by it's advertising business. 

 

17) Google's first chef was a former caterer for an American rock band. 

 

18) Google is Known for providing Gourmet food and Snakes to Employees. 

 

19) The company's first tweet was "I'm feeling lucky" in binary codes. 

 

20) In Google, employees are called Googlers and new employees are called Nooglers.


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