Valentine's Day is being celebrated around the world today, February 14, and it appears that search giant Google is also ushering in the day of love with a cute doodle, with an inspiring underlying message.
On its special doodle, the Google logo is seen blurred in the background, with a lovey-dovey pink filter on top. However, the stars of the show appear to be two droplets of water. These droplets appear like any regular raindrops would appear on a window pane on a rainy day.
As one of the droplets starts to slide down, the other quickly comes to its rescue, by joining together, becoming a bigger blob together, and hence strong enough to hold on and not fall down. Google, in its inimitable way, used basic science concepts of adhesion and cohesion to let the world know that to truly stand strong, all we need to do is be together. After all, it was the great John Lennon who said. “All you need is love.” Who are we to argue?
Interestingly, Google also shared an early draft of the doodle, where there were three water droplets instead of two. However, one of the trio slips down the screen and eventually disappears — because it didn’t get together with anyone else. The other two droplets manage to survive by joining together, perhaps learning a quick lesson from their friend’s demise. Perhaps that was a little too dark for Google? Who knows.
Google also shared a fun fact about Valentine’s Day, which may not be known by many. “Did you know that during the Middle Ages, European countries like England and France believed that February 14th was the start of mating season for birds? They associated this phenomenon with love and began romantic celebrations soon after. The holiday became more popular throughout the world in the 17th century,” Google wrote.