The first 10 digits of the mathematical constant "e" are 2,718,281,828.
Get it? Because "14,159,265" are the first eight digits after the decimal point in the number pi.
In case those numbers don't instantly ring a bell: They're Brun's constant and the Meissel-Mertens constant, respectively.
Google didn't end up winning the patents, but it definitely mystified other bidders.
"We've been excited and curious about the potential for new top-level domains (TLDs) for .soy long," a Google representative told Business Insider in a pun-riddled email. "We are very .app-y with .how, at a .minna-mum, they have the potential to .foo-ward internet innovation."
Source: The Verge
"If your Elvish is a bit rusty, here is a rough translation," the representative said. "We encourage users to contribute their local knowledge and updates using Google Map Maker, even the whims of Sauron will not compromise our quest to provide useful and accurate maps."
And when Business Insider reached out to Google about this recruiting technique, we received the following response:
" import string
z=string.ascii_lowercase
m=''.join([z[6],z[11],z[7],z[5]])
print(m) "
The message? "GLHF," which stands for "Good luck, have fun!"
"We realized we missed a few letters in abc.xyz, so we're just being thorough," a representative told Re/code.
That's the square root of 26, the number of letters in the alphabet, times a billion.
"Google's affection for our canine friends is an integral facet of our corporate culture," reads the company's code of conduct on its investor-relations site. "We like cats, but we're a dog company, so as a general rule we feel cats visiting our offices would be fairly stressed out."
After The Wall Street Journal's Alistair Barr caught the change, the company sent him a cheeky response.
"Individual Alphabet companies may of course have their own codes to ensure they continue to promote compliance and great values," a Google spokesman said. "But if they start bringing cats to work, there's gonna be trouble with a capital T."
While some people found Google's response pretty funny, WWD made a wisecrack of their own, responding: "Maybe they Googled how to write a witty response"
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