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Google's Top 17 Easter Eggs, Gags, and Hoaxes

Google makes your life easier with great search, but did you also know it's loaded with pranks, goofs, and put-ons? We show you the best of the bunch.

Tom Spring, PC World

Classic Google Maps Easter Egg 15 of 18

A while back, if you asked for directions from, say, New York City to Paris on Google Maps, you would be informed that what objectively appears to be a swim of some 3462 miles across the Atlantic Ocean was in fact merely a stroll of two dozen steps. Last year Google removed this Easter Egg from Google Maps, saying figuratively: "You can't get there from here."

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