13 subtle, clever math jokes Google has made publicly that probably went right over your head
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Earlier this week, Google made us giggle with the geeky way it rewarded the man who managed to buy the "Google.com" domain for one minute.
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Google gave researcher Sanmay Ved $6,006.13, choosing that specific amount because it spells out Google, numerically ("squint a little and you'll see it!" the company said).
This kind of quirky antic has become almost par for the course for the search giant, which has long been down for a little nerdy fun.
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"Googleyness" is all about intellectual creativity, after all.
Here are some of our other favorite times that Google did or responded to something in a particularly silly way:
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