1. Founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford.
2. The original name was BackRub, reflecting the system's ability to analyze "backlinks."
3. Google's first doodle was in 1998, depicting the Burning Man festival.
4. Alphabet Inc. became Google's parent company in 2015.
5. Google's first office was in a garage in Menlo Park, California.
6. Gmail launched on April 1, 2004, leading some to think it was an April Fool’s joke.
7. Google Maps launched in 2005 and revolutionized navigation.
8. Android, now the most widely used mobile OS, was acquired by Google in 2005.
9. Google's headquarters is called the Googleplex, located in Mountain View, California.
10. YouTube was acquired in 2006 for $1.65 billion.
11. Google Search handles over 5.6 billion searches daily.
12. Google Chrome, now a dominant browser, launched in 2008.
13. Google has a strong focus on AI, with projects like Google Assistant and DeepMind.
14. The Google Earth project started in 2001.
15. Google Drive launched in 2012 for cloud storage.
16. Google Lens allows image-based search.
17. Pixel is Google’s smartphone brand.
18. Google employs over 190,000 people.
19. Project Loon aimed to provide internet via balloons.
20. Google offers free meals to employees at its offices.
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