Fact #84: Google Garfield

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Guess what, guys!

You no doubt know about Google, and then furthermore, G-mail.

But, do you know where the name g-mail comes from?

You think Google mail, right, and that is partly correct, but guess what?

Before Google mail, there was another g-mail.

But it was Garfield mail, a small email service on Garfield.com, that allowed fans to chat to each other.

And of course, Google couldn't use g-mail, without the proper documents.

And so what did they do?

They BOUGHT G-MAIL FROM GARFIELD.COM!

Yes!

It is true!

Now go read Garfield and email in shock!

Keep reading for more absolutely useless facts!

p.s. If you don't want to read all of them, you can skip to Fact #1, and then read through them all, if you like, which you will, because, duh, I wrote it.

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