# Stupid Google Tricks

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 6, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680 "2012-01-06T23:37:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![coffinjumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/21 "2012-01-07T22:12:02Z")

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If I can go with a really old one, I still appreciate that googling

The answer to life, the universe, and everything

gets you the right response with google calculator.

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**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/22 "2012-01-07T23:11:07Z")

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More calculator tricks: number of horns on a unicorn (calculator says = 1). Also, google the phrase once in a blue moon.

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**Author:** ![kittu8320](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@kittu8320](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittu8320)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/23 "2012-01-08T12:06:59Z")

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I like Google gravity and 'Let It Snow" 🙂

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/24 "2012-01-09T14:18:01Z")

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> [@Rhythmdvl](#):
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> Per [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ie9#HTML5):
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> I use FF, so don’t know if this is accurate–or if this would include the barrel roll.

HTML5 video and audio do not include what Google is using to rotate the screen. I believe it’s using WebGL, and Microsoft is dead set against that for some reason, even though all the devs are asking for it.

I did just check in IE9–none of the graphical “tricks” work in IE9.

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**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/25 "2012-01-09T14:53:05Z")

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> [@](#):
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> once in a blue moon = 1.16699016 × 10-8 hertz

😕

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**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-google-tricks/608680/26 "2012-01-09T16:22:06Z")

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Someone else did this math:

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> One hertz (Hz) is once per second. Therefor 1.16699016 × 10-8 hertz is 0.0000000116 times per second. This is about an 89.5 million second interval before it happens. About once in 3 years.

And Wikipedia supplies this:

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> A blue moon can refer to the third full moon in a season with four full moons. Most years have twelve full moons that occur approximately monthly. In addition to those twelve full lunar cycles, each solar calendar year contains roughly eleven days more than the lunar year of 12 lunations[URL=“[Lunar month - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunation)”]. The extra days accumulate, so every two or three years there is an extra full moon.

Taa-daa.

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