#2. Google's Crazy Interactive Results
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Google is well-known for its elaborate April Fool's jokes (and terrifying policies),
in which the company will announce some ridiculous new feature that
anyone without a calendar or common sense will fall for. What you might
not know is that this sense of humor also extends to Google's search
engine itself, which has a bunch of hidden jokes triggered by specific
words or phrases.
For example, odds are you've used Google search for what most human
beings use it for: spell check. Yeah, we've all typed a word we weren't
sure how to spell into Google and let the "Did you mean ..." part
correct us. But if you're wondering if you spelled the word "anagram"
right, Google won't help you out there -- instead, it offers you an
actual anagram for "anagram."
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Perhaps they're just trying to remind you that you haven't harassed your sheep lately.
Or if you type "recursion," which is the process of repeating
something, then it suggests ... "recursion." Click on that and it'll
show you the same thing over and over, in an infinite loop.
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Which is hysterical, unless you're trying to find the actual meaning, in which case this is spectacularly unhelpful.
Google also has a calculator function, which comes in pretty handy
when you type "answer to life, the universe, and everything," a
reference to
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. As in that book, the answer is given as ...
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So long, and thanks for all the personal data.
#1. Hidden Images on Your Android Phone
If you own an Android phone or tablet, you know that it's good to
update it every once in a while because each new version comes with
nifty new features and ways to accidentally message photos of your
genitals to everyone in your family. What you might not know is that
each version also comes with a cool Easter egg -- like this adorable painting of the Android mascot standing next to a monstrous gingerbread man and surrounded by a bunch of zombies talking on phones.
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We'd be offended by the implication, but we're too busy being creeped out.
Yes, that's in your phone, and yes, it looks like something Jeffrey
Dahmer painted in first grade. In order to see the Easter egg, simply go
to your Settings menu and tap "About Phone." You'll see "Android
Version" in that menu. Tap on that part very fast a bunch of times, and
eventually a reward will pop onto your screen.
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And your nightmares.
Each Easter egg references the (always candy-related) name of the
current Android version: The one with the gingerbread monster is for
version 2.3, which was called Gingerbread, and for version 3, or
Honeycomb, they included a simple image of a bee.
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Which is the last thing you see before being sucked into the Grid.
Yeah, OK, that one's pretty lame. Others are a little more
interactive, though: In version 4.0, called Ice Cream Sandwich, you get
an image of a little ice cream sandwich man -- hold your finger down on
him, and he starts flying across the sky, doing his best Nyan Cat
impression.
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Somewhere, George Bluth's stomach rumbles.
And for the next version, Android 4.1, or Jellybean, they included a
little mini game that lets you fling virtual jellybeans around.
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Until you find the hidden fetus.
So keep this little tip in mind for when Google releases the next
Android update, Edible Panties. That should be an interesting one.
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