# What is Google celebrating today? (9-7-10)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-google-celebrating-today-9-7-10/552956>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 7, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-google-celebrating-today-9-7-10/552956 "2010-09-07T19:13:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ragerdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@ragerdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ragerdude)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-google-celebrating-today-9-7-10/552956/1 "2010-09-07T19:13:36Z")

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Google’s logo is a bunch of bouncy balls. What is it?

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-google-celebrating-today-9-7-10/552956/2 "2010-09-07T19:19:31Z")

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[Their birthday](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577356).

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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-google-celebrating-today-9-7-10/552956/3 "2010-09-07T19:21:01Z")

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Googling “Google bouncing balls” got me [this](http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2368790,00.asp), which seems relevant even if it doesn’t have a satisfactory answer in there.

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**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-google-celebrating-today-9-7-10/552956/4 "2010-09-07T19:25:15Z")

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[moderating]  
Since post #2 in this thread links to another thread that answers the question, I’m closing this one…  
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