1. Google was originally called backrub.
2. Google has found Gpa's and test scores to be "worthless as criteria for hiring." They have teams where 14% of their employees haven't gone to collage.
3. In 1999, the founders of google actually tried to sell it to excite for just one million U.S. dollars.
4. If you search 'askew' in google, the content will tilt slightly to the right.
5. The first google doodle was dedicated to the burning man festival attended by google founders in 1998.
6. When a google employee dies, their spouse receive half pay from the company for 10 years and their children earn $1,000 per month until they turn 19.
7. Google intends to scan all known existing 129 million unique books before 2020.
8. Google hired a camel to create the street view of a desert.
9. Every minute, 2 million searches are performed on google.
10. Because Gmail was first launched on April 1st of 2004, many people thought it was an April fools day prank.
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