From riding a dragon to using the Force, these are 25 awesome Google Tricks and Easter eggs
25.
Know the iconic "I'm feeling lucky" button?
Click it to bring up a list of Google's past doodles (what it modifies its logo to be)
in this first Google trick.
24.
Kerning is the process of adjusting the space between letters on a typewriter.
Search "kerning" to see how how it's done.
23.
Search "Google gravity" and click "I'm feeling lucky".
The result brings up a page where gravity rules.
Any additional terms you search for also fall prey to gravity's effects.
22.
Similarly, click "I'm feeling lucky" after typing "Google sphere" and mrdoob.com shows
the page's features orbiting around the Google logo.
21.
Search Google Maps's Street View just outside London's Earl's Court underground station
to find another Google trick.
You'll find a TARDIS from Doctor Who which you can click on to go inside.
It really is bigger on the inside.
20.
A barrel roll in such a well-known part of the Starfox video game, typing "do a barrel
roll" into Google causes the page to, well, do a barrel roll.
19.
You'll know "what is the loneliest number" if you have listened to Three Dog Night or
if you just search it in Google.
18.
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy has become an iconic novel and film.
Google built in a trick to recognize its popularity – search for "answer to life the universe
and everything" from the book.
(Hint: The answer to life the universe and everything is 42.)
17.
Know the phrase "once in a blue moon"?
Type it into Google to find out how often a blue moon occurs.
16.
To travel around Wales quicker – notably from Snowdon to Brecon Beacons – map out
these points in Google Maps and you could save three hours by taking a dragon from the
Snowdonia Dragon Station.
Let us know when you find it.
15.
Has anyone seen Chuck Norris lately?
It's rumored that asking Google "Where is Chuck Norris" might lead to a personal appearance.
"Run, before he finds you."
14.
Searching for "tilt" in Google leads to a Google Easter egg with results which are a
bit off.
13.
If you're having trouble making a decision, search "Flip a Coin" or "Roll a Die" in Google
and it'll help.
12.
Searching the word "anagram" surprisingly results in an anagram.
11.
Click "I'm feeling lucky" after typing in "Who is the cutest" to find out who's the
cutest person in the world.
10.
For a flash to the past, search "Google in 1998" to see its old website from, you guessed
it, 1998, with real results from the past.
9.
If you're a StarCraft fan (or looking for a fun game), search "Zerg Rush" in Google
to see Google O's attacking your search results.
Click on the O's as fast as possible to defeat them!
8.
HTML is a computer language often used to create web pages.
Type "blink html" into Google for this Easter egg and see what this word does in html.
7.
Google allows you to use different interfaces on the home page, such as the Muppets's Swedish
Chef.
(Click on the link below each image to see the pages.)
6.
Pirate
5.
Hacker
4.
And even Pig Latin
3.
In YouTube, search for "use the force Luke" and see the force in action.
2.
Similarly, search for "beam me up Scotty" to have Scotty beam down your results in this
Google Easter egg.
1.
Recursion is when something refers back to itself; that's recursion.
Find this last Google trick by searching "recursion" in Google to see what it suggests you look
for.
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