We have already talked about it a bit in other articles, but to make a little order we see here a list of (almost) 20 fun, curious, useful and nice things that can be searched on Google . These are special searches that instead of a list of sites return special results that can be a game, a joke, an automatic tool or a dry answer, which do not require any further click on a different site.
Even if Google is a gigantic and infinite search engine in its possibilities, knowing these little tricks helps to always find what you want quickly and even more.
1) Play BreakOut on Google
Open Google Images, type Atari Breakout, press the Search button, wait a second and get ready to play Breakout, the Arkanoid-like brick game.
2) Play Pacman
Write Pacman on Google, click on Search and click on the box above to play a game of the old Pacman.
3) Play Zerg Rush
Another thing to look for on Google that leads to a video game is Zerg Rush, where you have to shoot the O of the Google logo using the mouse before they destroy anything on the screen.
4) Exact time in the city
To find the time in a city in the world, just search, for example, New York time
5) How numbers are said in English or other language
Google teaches how to pronounce numbers in another language, to do this you have to write the number (up to 13 digits long) followed by an = and the language. For example: 12345323445 = English to know how to say this number in English.
6) Use the calculator
Not only is it possible to perform direct calculations on Google, such as 5 * 3, 10 + 5, 15-8, 35 * 55, 100/20 in the search bar, but it is also possible to use the calculator for functions trigonometric. To make the calculator appear, search for calculator
7) Generate a chart
In Google it is possible to generate a graph instantly for a mathematical function. For example, look for graph x ^ 2 or graph tan (x) and so on to see the drawn graph.
8) Currency conversion
Currency conversions could be done directly from the Google search bar, writing the figure and the two currencies like this: 100 Euros in Dollars . The search result will return the converted amount.
9) Conversion of measurement units
Aside from currencies it is also possible to convert units of different quantities: temperature, length, mass, speed, volume, area, fuel consumption, time and digital storage. For example: 1 lb in kg
10) Languages translation
To know immediately how to say a word in English or another language, you can write the word and then type the formula " in English ".
For example: dog in French or trumpet in English or even a short sentence or just a few words ">
11) Sunrise and sunset times in the city
If you want to know what time the sun sets or what time it rises in a certain city just write: sunset in kuala lumpur or sunrise in Rome .
12) Weather forecast
This is one of the most useful things to look for to know if it is raining or sunny tomorrow. So you just have to look for time in Rome to know the forecasts in Rome.
13) Check the status of the flight
A useful trick for frequent travelers is to know the status of the flight, whether it has arrived or is traveling or delayed. To do this, simply search for the flight number such as, for example, FR 7068
14) Calculate distances and time to get to a place
To find out how long it takes and how far to go from one part of the world to the other by car, on foot or by public transport, you must look for: distance from rome to milan or distance from via dante roma to via togliatti
15) Know the release date of a film
You can know the date on which a film was released or will be released by looking for: title release date . For example, try returning to the future release date .
16) Dictionary
To know the definition of a word, just search: word definition
17) Joke that makes the screen spin
Among the nicest things to look for with Google are the words do a barrel roll or tilt to rotate the screen.
18) Handwriting in the translator
This is not a search, but it is an interesting curiosity: in Google Translate it is possible to write words to translate by writing them by hand with the mouse. Just press the pencil button at the bottom left of the text box and write the word by hand. This is useful when translating from ideogram-based language.
19) Nuts
You can search for the word d4 to bring up a dice to roll with the Roll button. The dice can have an infinite number of faces, becoming a way to extract random numbers
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