Awesome Google Features You May Not Have Known About

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Google offers so much more than just search.

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For example, did you know that Google can guide you through your wedding?

From the silly to the useful, these Google features (which we picked out of this great Quora thread) will make you love Google even more than you probably already did. 

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Google Image search "Atari Breakout" and prepare to forget whatever else you were supposed to be doing.

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You can set a timer on Google (and get an alarm to sound when time is up) by Googling any amount of time followed by "timer."

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Google.com/sky lets you explore the far reaches of the universe using images from NASA satellite, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and the Hubble Telescope.

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Google Sky

Google nGrams is a fun tool that lets you search for words in 5.2 million books published between 1500 and 2008 so you can see how the amount they've been used changed over time.

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Intimidated by huge numbers? Google will help you figure out how to pronounce that 12-string behemoth if you type "=english" after it.

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Unleash your inner child by checking out Google's BuildWithChrome.com.

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You can add "+anything" to your email address and it will still work. This can be good for filtering emails (for example, you could set up a folder for all emails sent to "youremail+datingsite@gmail.com").

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Google recently released a new Maps game called SmartyPins for geographic trivia.

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Getting married? Google will help you plan your wedding, by guiding you through breaking the news, locating a venue, making a website, and more.

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http://www.google.com/weddings/#/intro

There's a "Manual" feature in Google Translate that lets you draw characters or symbols.

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Find a gorgeous font that you can use for free (Google.com/fonts).

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Google Fonts

Get your culture on by using Google Art Project to check out super high-res photos of artwork from the world's greatest museums.

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On February 28, Axel Springer, Business Insider's parent company, joined 31 other media groups and filed a $2.3 billion suit against Google in Dutch court, alleging losses suffered due to the company's advertising practices.

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