Adventures in Google

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“book with cover of girl hair dna”

I am SO impressed that the top result was the right one!

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“baseball shooty thing” ... “baseball gun thing” ... “machine that shoots baseballs” ... Ah, it’s called a BASEBALL PITCHING MACHINE. Thank you, Google.

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“What’s it called when you like being up early but hate waking up early?”

Google helpfully redirected my query to find answers for people who want to wake up early. Google thinks I want to wake up early when what I want is to not be annoyed that my son like mornings far better than I do...

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Point at vs point to

Good answers here: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/92746/point-to-and-point-at

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How do you say Roald Dahl?

I'm ashamed as a librarian to never have known that it's "Roo-all Dahl". (It should rhyme.)

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nipple sizes

I probably should have added "baby bottle" to my search...

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"Why do dorks like me"/"Why do I like dorks?"

I didn't actually Google this. Google autocompleted these phrases for me when my phone decided I meant to type "dorks" instead of "storks." What I actually wanted to know was why storks deliver babies, the answer to which, like so many Disney movies, can be traced back to Hans Christian Anderson.

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Describe Sylvester Stallone's voice

I just couldn’t remember how to describe a “slurred” voice, I guess you would say. But I found the interesting answer in this reddit thread, which led me here and also prompted me to Google Stallone’s mother (do not do that).

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Bench press definition

Yes, I seriously Googled this. Just to, like, make sure.

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can cows be male?

a guest post by istareatsparkles —working as a proofreader goes hand-in-hand with weird google searches. a cow was referred to as a "him" in a book, and i had to check!

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Question: Do you caterpillars have legs?

Short Answer: Yes.

Long Answer: Some moth caterpillars do not have any legs. But most moth and butterfly caterpillars have five sets of hind legs and three sets of front legs for a total of sixteen legs. Therefore, if on Family Feud someone is asked to name an insect with a lot of legs, it is not completely insane to answer with "caterpillars."

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should there be ice shooting out of my air conditioner

Answer: ... I gather from the glimpses of the answers I read that there should probably not be ice shooting out of my air conditioner.

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"flounder verb definition"

Answer: to move about awkwardly or with a lot of difficulty and effort.

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"Do three-week old babies get bored?"

Answer: yes, definitely. But I feel like I should not have needed Google to know that.

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"I just Googled 'honey catching flies vinegar' because I couldn't remember the quote."

"That's like, once I had to Google 'sisters and brothers sleeping together' because I couldn't remember the word incest."