Millions of people around the world use Google on a daily basis. Fact.
But have you ever wondered what the weird and wonderful facts are about Google? Well look no further here we have the answers!
1.Google has a Company Dinosaur
At the Googleplex there is a humongous T-Rex skeleton nick named ‘Stan’, that isn’t all though , there is also a few other things lurking in the Google ground’s such as- a large lego man, pink flamingos and even Google coloured Phoneboxes!
2. Google rents goats
Yes you heard us right, Google actually rents goats. They rent goats from a Company called California grazing not for any other reason except just to keep the Google HQ weed less.
3.Google’s First Tweet
The tweet read “I’m 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101100 01110101 01100011 01101011 01111001 00001010.” This is the popular phrase from the Google Homepage “I’m feeling lucky” (written in Binary).
4. The first Google Doodle
The first Doodle was back in 1998, it was a burning man designed by the Google guys. It was added to the homepage to let users know they were out of the office and couldn’t fix technical issues. Clever or what!
5. Before Google, there was backrub
Back in 1996, graduate students Larry Page and Sergey Brin worked on a research project to understand the link structure of the World Wide Web. So they brought out Back rub which soon turned into “the Google search Engine” that we know and love today.
6. A 15 Year Old worked for Google
His name was Tom Vendetta and he was a New Jersey Student, he has the record for the youngest Google employee. His job was to work on Security flaws on Gmail, alright for a 15 year old Aye!
7. Google Hoaxes!
Every year Google celebrates the 1st of April by playing multiple pranks online, the most common being in 2007 with TiSP (Toilet internet Server Provider), it basically fooled people into thinking they could get a free broadband line through there sewage pipes via the toilet. Ha! Good one!
8. Google name
There is an actual person (well child) named after Google, his name is Oliver Google Kai and he is from Lebanon. He is around 5 years Old now and his father Walid Elias Kai has set up a Website for his Son.
9. Google spends $73 Million on employee meals a year
At Google’s California headquarters (the Googleplex) employees are welcome to at least two free meals a day from 11 different gourmet cafeterias. Lucky or what!
10. Google’s first dog
In 1999, a Leonberger breed named Yoshka came to work with Google’s first VP of Engineering Urs Hölzle and became the companys “first dog. They are really kind and gentle dogs which makes them rubbish guard dogs!
So that was the Top Ten Random Facts on Google, I think you’ll agree that they were very interesting (if I don’t say so myself!)
