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Google processes over 3.5 billion searches per day

Google was originally called Backrub

The name Google was derived from the term googol, which refers to the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros

The first Google Doodle was created in 1998 to indicate that the co-founders were attending the Burning Man festival

Google’s index contains hundreds of billions of web pages

Gmail was launched on April 1, 2004, but it was not an April Fool’s joke

One million Gmail accounts were issued to Google employees on the first day of its launch

Google’s first tweet as a company was I’m feeling lucky

Google’s search engine became available to the public on September 21, 1999

The original storage capacity of Google’s first data center was less than that of a digital camera memory card

Google Maps covers more than 98% of the world’s populated areas

Interesting Facts About Google part 2

Google Street View has imagery from over 10 million miles of road

Google Earth can be used to explore the moon and Mars

Google has over 90 offices in more than 50 countries worldwide

Google owns YouTube, the world’s largest video-sharing platform

Google has its own programming language called Go

Google’s headquarters, known as the Googleplex, has free bicycles for employees to use on campus

Google’s famous I’m feeling lucky button costs the company around $110 million in revenue each year

Google Translate can translate more than 100 different languages

Google’s logo was not centered until 2001

Google’s data centers are designed to be energy-efficient and have used seawater as a cooling method

Google’s original mission statement was to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful

Google co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, initially offered to sell Google to internet portal Excite for $1 million, but they were turned down

Google’s Did you mean? feature comes from an algorithm called spell-check

Google’s search algorithm is updated thousands of times each year

Google’s DeepMind AI defeated the world champion in the game of Go in 2016

Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, have been nicknamed the Googleplex due to its complex of buildings

Google has a cafeteria on its campus that serves free gourmet meals to employees

Google’s self-driving car project is called Waymo

Google has acquired over 200 companies since its inception

Google’s advertising revenue accounts for around 80% of its total revenue

Google’s first billion-dollar acquisition was YouTube in 2006

Google’s office in Zurich has a slide connecting different floors

Google co-founder, Larry Page, used to print out the entire internet and store it in his dorm room in college

Google’s unofficial motto is Don’t be evil

Google has a tradition called 20% time, where employees are encouraged to spend 20% of their work time on side projects

Google Photos automatically backs up and organizes all your photos and videos for free

Google’s self-driving cars have traveled over 10 million miles

Google’s Android operating system dominates the global smartphone market with over 70% market share

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, was created in 2015 as part of a corporate restructuring

Google’s search engine can perform calculations, conversions, and even tell jokes

Google Arts & Culture allows users to explore artwork and cultural artifacts from around the world

Google’s Street View cameras have collected more than 170 billion images

Google’s data centers are so big that they can be seen from space

Google has a public DNS service called Google Public DNS, which helps users access the internet faster and more securely.