20 Interesting Facts About Google That You May Not Know

 Here are some interesting facts about Google, the most popular search engine, that you may not know yet.

1. Google's original name was BACKRUB. Then Google came as the spelling mistake of word "Googol". May be that's why googlers get free massages in office. :P

2. Google's headquarter is called "Googleplex" which means the number equivalent to ten raised to the power of a googol.

3. In Googleplex, TGIF (Thank God Its Friday) used to happen on each friday as weekly all-hands where Larry, Sergey and other googlers discuss about Google. As friday afternoon at Mountain view was too late for other offices of google worldwide, now it happens on each thursday and its called TGIAF. (Thank God Its Almost Friday)

4. Google believes that employees should not have to go more than 150 feet to get food, so snacks are stationed within 150 feet of every employee. 

5. In YouTube, while watching a video, type 1980 (not in the search box). Mission command game will start and u have to play that to protect your video :P

6. The “I’m Feeling Lucky” Button Costs Google $110 Million a Year!

Ever notice that ubiquitous “I’m feeling lucky” button on the Google homepage that you've probably never used. What if I told you that this small little piece of grey rectangle, costs Google over 110 million dollars a year!

That’s right! What this button effectively does, is that it takes the user directly to the top search result for that query thereby bypassing all the other top 9 results and also the ads that get displayed alongside them. Brin was recently quoted as saying that almost 1% of all Google searches go through the “I’m feeling lucky” button and that costs the company around $110 million in annual revenue.

So why doesn't Google take it off? Well, it just did but in such a sneaky way that you probably didn't even notice.  It’s still there on the homepage but thanks to Google Instant, you don’t get to use it anymore!

7. In 2013, about 91% of Google's $55.5 billion in revenue came from advertising alone.

8. Google's search index is more than 100 million gigabytes in size. It would take 100,000 one-terabyte personal drives to contain the same amount of data.

9. Google has photographed more than five million miles of road for its Street View maps.

10. Over six billion hours of video are watched each month on YouTube — that's almost an hour for every person on Earth.

11. Google has been acquiring, on average, more than one company per week since 2010. Source: List of mergers and acquisitions by Google

12. Google HQ rents goats from California Grazing to mow their lawns and fields. The employees think that it’s a lot cuter to watch goats do the mowing than lawn mowers. (Mowing with goats)

13. Google Sky Maps allows you to view stars, constellations, galaxies and planets. Check out at Google Sky

Edit: I found some more:

• Google can help you decide what to eat.

14. If you have a question about statistic or figures, Google will often answer your questions with exact numbers, as well as charts or graphs.

15. Google Image search "Atari Breakout" and prepare to forget whatever else you were supposed to be doing.

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• You can set a timer on Google (and get an alarm to sound when time is up) by Googling any amount of time followed by "timer."
  
  
• Google Sky lets you explore the far reaches of the universe using images from NASA satellite, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and the Hubble Telescope.
  
  
• Google nGrams is a fun tool that lets you search for words in 5.2 million books published between 1500 and 2008 so you can see how much it's been used over time.
  
  
• Intimidated by huge numbers? Google will help you figure out how to pronounce that 12-string number if you type "=english" after it.
  
  
• Unleash your inner child by checking out Google's Build with Chrome.
  
  
• You can add "+anything" when typing your email address and it will still work. This can be good for filtering emails (for example, you could set up a folder for all emails sent to "youremail+datingsite@gmail.com").
  
  
• Google recently released a fun new Maps game called SmartyPins that gives you geographic trivia.
  
  
• Getting married? Google will help you plan your wedding, announce the news, locate a venue, fill in the plans, make a website, and more.
  
  
  
• There's a "Manual" feature in Google Translate that lets you draw characters or symbols.
  
  
• Find a gorgeous font that you can use for free (Google Fonts).
  
  
  
  
• Get your culture on by using Google Art Project to check out super high-res photos of artwork from the world's greatest museums.
  
  

Loved playing "Atari Breakout"? Here's one more..

• Google search "zerg rush" and end up with finger pain!

• Google recreated Pacman and made a doodle for it on Pacman's 30th anniversary.30th Anniversary of PAC-MAN reminds me of my childhood :D
• Developers at Google are so cool! Check these funny things to know why..

Google search the following one at a time
"Do A Barrel Roll"
"Tilt"
"Recursion"
"Define Anagram"

• Open Google Play and click search icon without entering any search terms.
  You'll get search results with Unicorns everywhere ^_^
• Search for "Do The Harlem Shake" in Youtube

• Typing in “/Pitchforks” in a Google Hangouts dialogue box will launch a stream of angry townspeople racing across the screen with pitchforks. “/ShyDino” will feature a green dinosaur hiding behind a small house in your chat window, while typing “/BikeShed” will also change the background color. And they didn't forget My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic in Google Hangouts, either: Typing in “/Ponies” or “/Ponystream” will make animated ponies dash across your chat window.

• In Google Maps, search for “Police Telephone Box.” It will bring you Earl’s Court Station. Go to the location’s streetview and you’ll see the Doctor Who TARDIS on the sidewalk. Click the double-white arrows in front of the police box and you’ll be sent to the inside of the time machine. Once inside, you’ll be able to have a 360-degree view of its interior.

• In the late 80s, video game developer Konami utilized a special cheat code that could be used on the company's video games. The “Konami Code” was made popular with Contra for the Nintendo Entertainment System. When players input “up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, start” during the game’s title sequence, they could unlock 30 extra lives to get through the game instead of the standard three.
  Google has used the Konami Code on a few of its products, including Google Play Games, Google Docs, and Google’s Chromebook Pixel. Swiping the Konami Code in the Google Play Games mobile app will unlock a clever achievement that reads, “All Your Games Belong To Us.” In Google Docs, typing the Konami Code willreverse your entire document, and in Google’s Chromebook Pixel, typing in the code will make the LCD stripe on the outside of the computer blink in a frenzy of various colors.   

• Bored with image search? Now you can have a spinning layout to search for images. Check Google Sphere

• Find Direct Download Links using Google. Tired of torrents running out of seeders? No worries. You can search for direct download links using Google!

To download movies, perform a Google search as below:

“YOUR SEARCH TERM HERE” -inurl:(htm|html|php|pls|txt) intitle:index.of “last modified” (mkv|mp4|avi)

Example:
Titanic -inurl:(htm|html|php|pls|txt) intitle:index.of “last modified” (mkv|mp4|avi)

You can use this search trick to download not just movies, but almost any file.

For instance, to download music,

“YOUR SEARCH TERM HERE” -inurl:(htm|html|php|pls|txt) intitle:index.of “last modified” (mp3|wma|aac|flac)

Just change the file format [(mp3|wma|aac|flac) part] to your required format and you will get a search result of sites containing direct download links to your search query. Enjoy!