12/07/2015

Awesome Google Tricks and Easter Eggs 1

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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.

starfox barrel roll
Source: Cnet, Image: Cyber6x via YouTube
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You'll know "what is the loneliest number" if you have listened to Three Dog Night or if you just search it in Google.

person alone on swing
Source: Portent, Image: Pixabay
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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.)

The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy,_42
Source: Cnet, Image: Wikimedia
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Know the phrase "once in a blue moon"? Type it into Google to find out how often a blue moon occurs.

pig flying by blue moon
Source: Cnet, Image: sammydavisdog via Flickr
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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.

Source: Cnet, Image: Wikimedia
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