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Which one of these 10 Facts About Google is not true?
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1. Starting Out – Google started out as a research project at Stanford University in 1996
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2. Search Me – Google was originally called Search Me, the name was changed to Google in 1997
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3. Naming – The name Google came from a misspelling of the word googol, which represents the number 1, followed by 100 zeros
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4. Becoming Official – The domain name for Google, was registered in September 1997, and the company was incorporated in September 1998, by Larry Page, and Sergey Brin
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5. First Office – Google’s first office, was located in the garage of a friend, Susan Wojcicki, in Menlo Park in the state of California
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6. The Google Doodle – Is a temporary alteration of the Google logo, it is usually used to commemorate holidays and events, the first one was for the Burning Man Festival in 1998
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7. Gmail – Google’s free email service, was introduced on the 1st April 2004, it currently has over 1.8 billion registered accounts
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8. YouTube – Google bought YouTube in 2006, for the equivalent of 1.65 billion US dollars
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9. Google The Verb – Due to its use in everyday language, the verb “google” was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2006, it means “to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet”
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10. Most Visited – Google is the most visited website in the world
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Google was not originally called Search Me; it was originally called Backrub, the name was changed to Google in 1997
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Google was not originally called Search Me; it was originally called Backrub, the name was changed to Google in 1997
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