1. The English once took it to be an alphabet. The Chinese affectionately term it ‘the little mouse’. The Dutch call it an ‘elephant’s trunk’, the Germans a spider monkey, the Italians as a snail. It is ‘&’ (ampersand).
2. The inspiration for the brand name Yahoo! Came from a word made up by Jonathan Swift in his book “Gulliver’s Travels.” A Yahoo was a person who was ugly and not a human in appearance.
