Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

yahoo is famous corporate which get its name from a brute race mentioned in Jonathan Swift's novel "Gulliver's Travel"?

  1. True

  2. False
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Explanation

Yahoo's name was indeed inspired by the 'Yahoos' - a race of brutish creatures described in Jonathan Swift's 1726 novel 'Gulliver's Travels'. Founders Jerry Yang and David Filo chose the name because they considered themselves yahoos in the literary sense.

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