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WATCH: The Google Guys Before They Were Billionaires

Hey Mark Zuckerberg, remember these guys?

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Reading While Eating for April 5: Great Debates

Thursday’s links delve into some contentious arguments, from golf to hip-hop.

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April Fools’ Day 2012: The Best Pranks from Around the Web

Each April 1, websites attempt to fool us all with the latest-and-greatest product that in the end turns out to be simply a joke. But it doesn’t stop us from hoping that someday these “breakthroughs” become more than just a one-day wonder

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Man Uses Google Earth to Track Down Long-Lost Family in India

An Indian man living in Australia has reunited with his birth family after 25 years with the help of vague childhood memories — and Google Earth.

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Reading While Eating for March 1: Precious Moments

The work week is almost over. You’re almost there. Keep on chugging with the help of lots of cute stuff.

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Reading While Eating for February 27: Surprise, Surprise

Monday’s links are all about the unexpected — from potty-mouthed Oscar winners to oddball Google Street Views.

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Is This the Funniest YouTube Video Ever?

A Google algorithm lets us in one of the great, unanswered questions of our age: what’s the funniest viral video out there?

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Google Doodle Animates Valentine’s Day With Simple Love Story

It took only a little over a minute, but the boy on Google’s Valentine’s Day doodle was able to melt a girl’s “Cold, Cold Heart” during an animated Google Doodle.

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Mitt Romney Faces a Santorum-Like Problem on Google and Bing

“Romney,” which has been redefined as a verb meaning “to defecate in terror,” is a response to the now-infamous story of the GOP candidate allegedly strapping his dog to the roof of his car.

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Fukushima and Rebecca Black: What the World Searched For in 2011

Google’s annual Zeitgeist reflects what its millions of users wanted to know for the past 12 months.