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#1
Hey everyone! I wanted to start a fun thread about Google's hidden Easter eggs because honestly, most people have no idea how entertaining the world's biggest search engine can actually be when you know the right tricks.
Let's kick things off with the most iconic one — do a barrel roll 10 times. If you haven't tried it yet, open Google Chrome or Firefox right now, type that exact phrase into the search bar, and watch your entire screen spin 360 degrees clockwise. It rotates for about five seconds while your results load. It's genuinely mesmerizing, especially if you try it with higher numbers like 20 or even 100 times!
What makes do a barrel roll 10 times even more interesting is its origin. The phrase comes from StarFox, the classic Nintendo 64 game series, where the character Peppy Hare famously shouts this command at the player. Google's developers clearly had a sense of humor when they built this into the search engine using HTML5.
Beyond this trick, there are so many other Google Easter eggs worth trying. Atari Breakout transforms your image search into a playable brick-breaker game. Google Gravity makes the entire homepage collapse dramatically. Zerg Rush sends little berries eating through your search results. Typing "Askew" tilts your screen sideways — similar to do a barrel roll 10 times but subtler.
#2
Hey everyone! I have been doing a lot of research lately into rare and vintage cameras, and I wanted to open up a discussion around what truly defines the world highest price camera. Is it purely about the auction price? Or do factors like historical significance, rarity, and previous ownership play an equally important role?
The obvious contender is Oskar Barnack's 1923 0-Series Leica, which sold for an astonishing $13 million. What makes it extraordinary is not just its age — it is the fact that Barnack himself, the founder of Leica, personally owned it. That kind of provenance is almost impossible to replicate. No amount of rarity or condition can easily compete with that story.
However, I find the Hasselblad Moon Camera equally fascinating as a candidate for world highest price camera status. Yes, it sold for "only" $910,400 — significantly less than the Leica entries — but the fact that it was physically carried to the moon during the Apollo 15 mission in 1971 gives it a cultural and historical weight that is hard to measure in dollars alone.
Then there are the two Leica O-Series entries and the one-of-a-kind RED Leica designed by Apple's Jony Ive. Each makes a strong case in its own way.
What do you all think? Does price alone determine the world highest price camera title, or should history and story matter more? Share your thoughts below!