Did you know Googling can be fun?

By Lauren Townsend for The Aha! Connection

A friend recently posted that if you google “wizard of oz” and click on the ruby slippers and then tornado, Google will perform a fun little trick. Kathy Gruenhunt (designer of the original Aha! Connection logo) commented on the post to google “askew” and I started wondering what else is out there.  A virtual “Easter egg is an intentional hidden message, in-joke, or feature in a work such as a computer program, webpage, video game, movie, book, or crossword” according to Wikipedia. Google is known for having them around the holidays but I always figured they expired, and most do, but here are a few things you can still type into Google for a little surprise:

  • askew
  • Wizard of Oz
  • thanos
  • bletchley park
  • do a barrel roll
  • fun facts
  • pacman
  • tictactoe
  • solitaire
  • color picker
  • roll a die
  • play snake
  • metronome
  • breathing exercise
  • google logo history
  • flip a coin