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- Gmail launched 20 years ago with 1 GB of storage, search abilities, and a "heck, yeah" from Google's founders.
- Many people at the time thought it was an April Fools' Day prank because the date was April 1, 2004.
- Read Google's memo from that day announcing Gmail's debut.
Gmail turned 20 on Monday, if you can believe it.
Some people all those years ago didn't believe it, actually, because the email provider debuted on April 1, 2004, leading some to think it was an April Fools' Day prank.