Google Tricks You Didn't Know You Could Use

wardnate77 Published 07/14/2014

You probably use Google every single day but here are few things you probably didn't know Google could do.

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Just type Set timer 30 minutes or however long you want in quotes, and the countdown begins!
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Google will calculate your tip for you:Type tip calculator, and a tip calculator will magically appear and do your bidding.
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Search for special days:Type in an important upcoming day and Google will automatically provide you with the date its occurring on and a brief description of what its all about. Saint Swithins Day is coming up, you guys!
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You can also use the same method to get movie release dates
5.
A full schedule for your favorite shows
6.
Songs by your favorite bands
7.
And a list of books by your favorite authors:
8.
You can also get quick flight schedules:
9.
The exact time of the sunrise in your city:
10.
Info on a companys founders:
11.
You can tell Google to do a barrel roll:
12.
Or tilt, ever so slightly, to the right:
13.
Searching for recursion will get you into a dangerous infinite loop:
14.
And searching Anagram will get you some nifty anagrams you can use to impress all your friends:
15.
A Festivus search brings up a beautiful aluminum Festivus pole:
16.
Binary and hexadecimal take you directly into the land of the nerds:
17.
And while youre there, you may as well try Googling Zerg Rush:You can actually play this game: Click as fast as you can on the Os as they attack your screen to save your search results from the Zerg.
18.
Google will also show you the etymology of certain words
19.
A calorie comparison of your favorite foods
20.
Or you can go back to a happier time:Just type Google in 1998 in the search bar and you can search Google as if you were back in the glorious 90s.

1.
Just type Set timer 30 minutes or however long you want in quotes, and the countdown begins!
2.
Google will calculate your tip for you:Type tip calculator, and a tip calculator will magically appear and do your bidding.
3.
Search for special days:Type in an important upcoming day and Google will automatically provide you with the date its occurring on and a brief description of what its all about. Saint Swithins Day is coming up, you guys!
4.
You can also use the same method to get movie release dates
5.
A full schedule for your favorite shows
6.
Songs by your favorite bands
7.
And a list of books by your favorite authors:
8.
You can also get quick flight schedules:
9.
The exact time of the sunrise in your city:
10.
Info on a companys founders:
11.
You can tell Google to do a barrel roll:
12.
Or tilt, ever so slightly, to the right:
13.
Searching for recursion will get you into a dangerous infinite loop:
14.
And searching Anagram will get you some nifty anagrams you can use to impress all your friends:
15.
A Festivus search brings up a beautiful aluminum Festivus pole:
16.
Binary and hexadecimal take you directly into the land of the nerds:
17.
And while youre there, you may as well try Googling Zerg Rush:You can actually play this game: Click as fast as you can on the Os as they attack your screen to save your search results from the Zerg.
18.
Google will also show you the etymology of certain words
19.
A calorie comparison of your favorite foods
20.
Or you can go back to a happier time:Just type Google in 1998 in the search bar and you can search Google as if you were back in the glorious 90s.