18 Cool Internet Tricks You Didn’t Know Existed

Everything has a shortcut. EVERYTHING.posted on May 9, 2014 at 9:45am EDT

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Use “Cmnd + Shift + T” on a Mac. Works in Chrome and Firefox.

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In Chrome at least.

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Reverse image search made simple, in Chrome and Firefox.

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Pressing “shift” produces .net and “shift/ctrl” is .org. Try it yourself! (Chrome/Firefox/Opera).

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Mac users, hold down “Apple Key/Command”.

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Handy! (All browsers).

Here’s the code to copy and paste into your URL bar:

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Here’s the code to copy and paste into your URL bar:

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Non-Americans can visit www.google.com/ncr to get the un-redirected homepage.

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Incognito browsing won’t show up in your history. Which is useful for, you know, incognito things… (Mac users press “Command + Shift + N”). Also works in Opera. Works in Firefox by pressing “Ctrl/Command + Shift + P”.

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Go to facebook.com/settings, click “video” on the left tool bar, then select “Off”. Auto-play video be gone!

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On an email, click “More” and then “Mute” to make reply-allpocalypses history.

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Just google their name + Bacon number. Challenge: Try and find someone with a Bacon number above “2”.

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Google search for “google in 1998” to see the original homepage.

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Google “do a barrel roll”. Because why not. While you’re at it, try googling “tilt”, “recursive”, and “anagram”. (Chrome/Firefox).

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Search for “Atari Breakout” in Google Images. Enjoy! (All browsers).

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A Zerg Rush is an overwhelming attack in a video game. More fun than it sounds. (Chrome/Firefox/Safari).

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Go to daskeyboard.com, click “destroy this site” at the bottom of the page, and blow the page to pieces, Space Invaders style! (All browsers).

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Go to Digg.com, enter the Konami code, “Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A”, and wait for the rolling to begin. Turn your volume up.

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Enter the Konami code, “Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A”, onWired.co.uk or any Condé Nast UK site, and keep on tapping “A”.

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Enter the Konami code, “Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A”, onBuzzFeed for delightful things. Such delightful things.

H/T to this Reddit thread.