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Bizarre Fact:
The first item searched for on Google was a 'Lego Mindstorms' kit.
Quick Explanation:
One of the earliest documented searches on the google.stanford.edu domain was for the programmable robotics kit.
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The Full Story:
The earliest days of the world's most powerful search engine were defined by a childlike fascination with building and technology. While the absolute *first* search query entered into the fledgling Google (then 'BackRub') is lost to history, one of the earliest documented test searches was for a **'Lego Mindstorms'** kit.
This makes perfect sense given the context of the time and the founders' interests. **Larry Page** and **Sergey Brin** were building their first server rack using LEGO bricks (as mentioned in fact 30) because of its modularity. The 'Mindstorms' kit was the perfect convergence of their passion for computer science and their resourcefulness with the physical toy.
Searching for this particular robotics kit was the ultimate test query, checking if the search engine could correctly index and retrieve information about a complex, niche technical product. It’s a charming anecdote that links Google's massive, world-spanning mission back to the simple, imaginative joy of building things.
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