Ummapalm

Orkut is easily one of those things we couldnt think would come up. It is thus great to know that its invention was triggered by another unpredictable phenomenon, love.
Here's the story behind orkut, doing the rounds of the internet.

A guy lost his girlfriend in a train accident....but the gal's name nowhere appeared in the dead list. This guy grew up n became IT technical architect in his late 20's, an achievement in itself!! He hired developers from the whole globe and planned to make a software where he could search for his gf through the web. Things went as planned... n he found her, after losing millions of dollars and 3 long years!!
It was time to shut down the search operation, when the CEO of Google had a word with this guy n took over this application. This Software made a whopping 1 billion dollars profit in its first year, which we today know as ORKUT . The guy's name is ORKUT BUYUKKOTEN . Yes its named after him.