Here are some uncommon facts about Google. Some of these might not known to you.
1. Go to Google homepage and type the words 'I want to commit suicide'. Above all the search results, Google provides the Suicide Helpline number of your country.
2. 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.
3. Google has photographed more than five million miles of road for its Street View maps.
4. Google Sky Maps allows you to view stars, constellations, galaxies and planets.
5. In 2013, about 91% of Google's $55.5 billion in revenue came from advertising alone.
6. If you have a question about statistic or figures, Google will often answer your questions with exact numbers, as well as charts or graphs.
7. Search any type of file : filetype:pdf anything (It will search the word anything and return only pdf file).
8. When a Google employee dies, their spouses receive half pay from the company for 10 year sand their children US$1,000 per month until they turn 19.
9. In 1999, the founders of Google actually tried to sell it to Excite for just US$1 million. Excite turned them down.
10. The dinosaur icon that appears on the 'Unable to connect to the internet' page is actually a game! If you press spacebar, it turns into a mario style hurdle jumper.
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