3. One of the cool facts about Google is that the name
itself is a mistake. According to one story, the investors
actually misspelt the term “Googol” as “Google” and
this is when the world’s largest tech giant got
christened. Moreover, Google’s original name was
“Backrub” which was actually founded upon the system
finding and ranking based on the back links.
5. One amongst the Interesting facts about
Google is that the company headquarters at
California has a pet T-rex, fondly known as
Stan. The motto behind bringing it was to
keep reminding the employees to not make
Google extinct.
7. The first ever Google Doodle came out in 1998 which
was actually an out-of-the-office message.
According to the story, when Brin and Page were
travelling to Nevada for the Burning Man festival,
they wanted people to know that they are
unavailable to fix any technical glitch. The doodle
actually showed a man standing behind an “O.”
9. One of the top 10 crazy facts about Google is that the
founders actually rent goats from California Grazing
to get rid of weeds and unwanted plants in their
lawns. Well, actually the workers think that it is a lot
better to see goats grazing the land than lawn
mowers. What a “rustically” beautiful move!
11. This fact in the list of top 10 crazy facts about
Google highlights the reason for its
popularity. The early versions of Google could
actually load 30-40 pages in a single second.
Google has crossed the number multiple times
and now it can process millions of pages per
second.
13. Type “I want to commit suicide” in the search bar for Google.
Among all the links, Google gives the suicide helpline number
in your country right at the top. Aren’t these cool facts about
Google quite interesting? Also, the US employees in Google can
have death benefits according to which the spouse gets 50% of
the employee’s salary for the next ten years.
15. The list of fun facts about Google progresses
with a fact about its infamous “I feel
lucky” option. According to reports, the
button is hardly ever used. However, it was
found that discarding it somehow affected the
“Googling” experience as people saw it as a
comfort button.
17. The next fact in our list of top 10 facts about Google
states the hefty profits Google is incurring every
day. As per the reports, Google is acquiring a new
company every week since 2010.
19. Google has many stories to tell that validates
how much it cares for its employees. One story
is about a young girl who sent a note to the
authorities asking them to give her father a
leave as it was his birthday. Google not only
sent back a note praising her effort, but also
gave a whole week off to her father. Isn’t that
cute?
21. Google founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin,
have private planes which is a well-known fact.
But do you know that they even own a private
runway in NASA where no other planes are
allowed? Money talks!