18 Facts about Google which makes you Exciting

  1. Google was originally called "Backrub".
  2. Every minute, 2 million searches are performed on Google.
  3. Google has been acquiring 2 companies per month since 2010.
  4. Google beats Facebook: it's the world's most visited website.
  5. Google is developing a computer so smart it can program itself.
  6. The total size of Google Earth's database is over 20 Petabytes.
  7. Google.com/Weddings is a little known free service to plan your wedding.
  8. Google's first tweet ever was "I'm feeling lucky" written in binary code.
  9. If you search for "atari breakout" in Google Images, you can play the game.
  10. If you search for "askew" in Google, the content will tilt slightly to the right.
  11. Every day, 16% of the searches that occur are ones that Google has never seen before.
  12. Google Maps calculates traffic by tracking how fast Android devices are moving on the road.
  13. The first Google Doodle was dedicated to the Burning Man festival attended by Google founders in 1998.
  14. Because Gmail first launched on April 1st of 2004, many people thought it was an April Fools' Day prank.
  15. For the 4th consecutive year, Google was named the best company to work for in the U.S. by Fortune Mag in 2014.
  16. In 1999, the founders of Google actually tried to sell it to Excite for just US$1 million. Excite turned them down.
  17. Google earns US$20 billion a year from advertising, more than the primetime revenues of CBS, NBC,ABC,and FOX combined.
  18. Google got its name by accident. The founders misspelled "googol", which refers to the number 1 followed by 100 zeroes.
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