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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT

GOOGLE WORLDlets Check some of the Interesting Facts that you

might not know:Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one. So began the letter from the founderspenned by Sergey Brin and Larry Page in the companyssecurities registration form in 2004. Despite ever-increasing commercial success since that date, Brin andPage have kept to their word.

Google is an unconventional company with a huge stake inour online lives. It is a source of fascination for many,including us, but what really happens in the Googleplex?And what cool factoids and stats exist from the companysrelatively short past?Here we bring you 10 fun facts about Google to quenchour own thirst for Google knowledge as well as hopefully

offer you a distracting diversion from your daily life.1. THE FIRST GOOGLE DOODLE

Googles famous homepage Doodles (the changing Googlelogo graphics) are well known and enjoyed by millionsaround the world as a way to mark an event or anniversary.
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But did you know that the very first Google Doodle wasdesigned as a kind of out of office message?In 1998 Brin and Page took the weekend off to go the

Burning Man festival in Nevada. The Burning Man doodle(shown above), was designed by the Google guysand added to the homepage to let their users know theywere out of office and couldnt fix technical issues like aserver crash.

2. INTERESTING FIGURES FROM THE GOOGLEIPO

While the initial price for Googles stock at its Initial PublicOffering in August 2004 is an interesting stat in itself,theres more to the story. The opening price for Googlesstock was $85 per share. At the time of writing, the stockprice was $483 but has soared as high as $600 in the pastyear, making GOOG a rather nice investment for many. A bonus factoid from Googles IPO process is the valueGoogle stated it hoped to raise on its S-1 form as much as

$2,718,281,828. It may just look like a string of numbers tonon-mathletes, but 2,718,281,828 is actually the first tendigits of the mathematical constant e, showing that evenas their company was planning to go public, the Googleguys could still geek out with a bit of numerical humor.
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3. The First Google Storage Was Made From LEGO

As proud hosts to Google back when it was still a researchproject, and known as BackRub, here Stanfordnowshowcases the original Google storage from way back in

1996. Its made up of a whopping 40 GB (less than amodern iPod) and its made from, as fans of the buildingbricks will be delighted to see, LEGO. It even hash funnymini-figures on the top.Legend has it that the reason for the LEGO constructionwas that the Google guys needed an easily expandable, andcheap way to house 10 4 GB hard drives, and LEGO fit thebill. Whether the primary colors of the bricks used were the

hues that went on to inspire the Google logos design is upfor debate, but wed guess it wasnt just a coincidence.

4. Googles First Ever Tweet
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Googles first ever Twitter post was as satisfyingly geeky asyou could hope for. The message, sent in February 2009,reads Im 01100110 01100101 01100101 0110110001101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101100 0111010101100011 01101011 01111001 00001010.For anyone not fluent in binary, heres a hint its a wellknown phrase from the companys homepage. Got it? Yep,

it reads: Im feeling lucky.5. GOOGLE RENTS GOATS
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This one isnt actually one of Googles infamous April FoolsDay jokes: Google rents out goats. Yes you read that right. Itrents goats from a company called California Grazing tohelp cut down the amount of weeds and brush at GoogleHQ.

The operation of 200 goats (plus herder and a border collie)is kind to the environment, and as Google puts it: A lotcuter to watch than lawn mowers.

6. Googles Impact on Language
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While youd think the news that the Merriam-Webster andOxford English Dictionary adding google as a verb to theirlexicons in 2006 would thrill the search engine, Google wasactually none too pleased with the development.Wed like to make clear that you should please only useGoogle when youre actually referring to Google Inc. and

our services, the company wrote in ablog postat the time.The rationale behind the semantic displeasure was thatGoogle had a brand to protect, and feared Google wouldslip from trademarked status into common usage. Now,four years later, we have to say Google was fighting a losingbattle just google it.However, weve found some other Google-themed linguisticdelights for you a Google staffer is commonly referred toas a Googler, while a new team member joins as aNoogler. Nooglers also used to wear a colorful hat with aspinner on top. According to a former employee, those hatsare now pretty scarce in some offices, instead: EveryNoogler gets a yellow smiley balloon and a nameplate.
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7. Google Is Dog-Friendly

Google is a super dog-friendly company. It proudly namescompany dogs, likeYoshka (described as a free-rangeLeonberger) pictured above. Yoshka accompanies UrsHolzle, senior VP operations and Google Fellow to theGoogleplex. Less senior staff are also allowed to bring theirdogs to the office.

According to Googles Dog Policy, one indiscretion toomany on the Google carpets, or aggressive behavior, meansLassie will have to stay at home in the future. Strong bladdered and friendly canines are more than welcomeacross the campus.
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Unfortunately, cats are not quite as welcome. Heres anexcerpt taken directly from Googles Code of Conduct:Googles affection for our canine friends is an integral facet

of our corporate culture. We like cats, but were a dogcompany, so as a general rule we feel cats visiting ouroffices would be fairly stressed out.

8. Googles First Ever Company Snack WasSwedish Fish
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Back in February, 1999, the chewy candy known asSwedish Fish became the first ever company snack (not

counting beverages) that was ordered into the Google office.Although a relatively small event, it has led to big things.Google is infamous in the industry for treating itsemployees to not just free drinks and snacks on tap, butfull-on gourmet meals, three times a day at a plethora of on-
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site cafes and eateries, as well as regular BBQs during thesummer.Brin and Page have been quoted in the past as saying no

Googler should have to go more than 100 feet for food,leading to snack-filled microkitchens that are liberallydotted around the Google offices.In fact, the free food is said to be so tempting that Googlersrisk the Google 15, similar to the Freshman 15, wherethey pile on weight soon after joining the company. Goodthing they also have a Google gym.Backing this up, heres a stat from Google Bay Area

Googlers consumed approximately 5,500 pounds ofhandmade chocolates from the snack bins in themicrokitchens in 2007. Wow.

9. THE GOOGLE LOGO WAS NOT CENTEREDUNTIL 2001

Googles famously sparse homepage is considered a classicdesign in the online world. The Google logo, however,wasnt actually centered on the page until March 31, 2001.
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As early users will remember, the homepage had a bias tothe left-hand side, and even earlier back in 1998 Google sported a Yahoo-style exclamation mark.

10. Google Has a Company Dinosaur

By all accounts, there are many wondrous sights to be seenat the Googleplex, but one of the most arresting is surely thegigantic T-Rex skeleton nicknamed Stan after a realdino found nearby that looms menacingly at Googlers inMountain View.Joining Stan in the unique campus decorations is a scalereplica of the SpaceShipOne, enormous Android-themed

models, pink flamingos, a large LEGO man, Google-coloredphone boxes and grown-up size ball pits. One thing seemsfor sure just like the company itself life at theGoogleplex must be far from dull.
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