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Google can’t count

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As well as doing searches, Google‘s capable of some other funky things. Try entering the following if you’re in a foreign country:

16500 VND in GBP

That’ll convert Vietnamese Dong into British Pounds. Handy for any currency conversions.

define serenity

Popping that in your search box will return a definition at the top of the page, followed by the usual search.

what is the time in Beijing?

Will, surprise, give you the current time in the Chinese capital. Hell, if you’re not sure what the capital of China is:

what is the capital of China?

Maths is another useful function. Quite a few complex functions such as roots, squares and the like can be handled. Yet it falls down on subtraction. Before they fix it, try:

399999999999999-399999999999998

Copy/paste if you want to ensure you get the digits correct. I’m pretty sure you can get the correct answer. Shame Google can’t.

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