Beyond Barrel Roll: 10 Hidden Google Tricks

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Chris Taylor
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Beyond Barrel Roll: 10 Hidden Google Tricks

Oh, those whimsical Google nerds. The Mountain View-based search giant may not have Apple's design chops, but it certainly knows how to code a good joke.

We got a taste of that fact on Thursday with the highly popular "Do a Barrel Roll" search trick, which went viral on Twitter and brightened a million work days. But that's only the latest in a long line of quirky features Google has embedded in its products. We're not talking about useful stuff like the in-search calculator, or Google's much-documented April Fool's jokes. These are all fun built-in tricks you can amuse yourself with right now.

Check them out, and let us know in the comments if you have any other favorites.

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