Taking accurate search results too far?

[fluffymark]

Typing “1 a day” into Google results in a single hit, which delights my inner physicist:

1 a day = 1.15740741 × 10^-05 hertz

Totally accurate. And yet, totally useless. I wonder if there are any more silly results like that?

*playswithgoogle* la la la....

oh yes!...googling for “teaspoon” gives the equally accurate result

1 US teaspoon = 4.92892161 milliliters

*amused* Now I can bake cakes with an accuracy to 9 significant figures. Or something. Um

*moreplayingwithgoogle* la la...

*eeeep!* Inevitable really - combining the above and googling for “teaspoons per day” gives the remarkable result that

1 US teaspoons per day = 5.70477039 × 10^-11 m³ / s

and even more silly, googling for “speed of light per pint” gives the truly astounding

the speed of light per US pint = 6.33574309 × 10¹¹ m^-2 s^-1

*amused*

Feel free to go and find even sillier ones. I strongly encourage it. *hopefulbounces*

Update

I've found a bug in Google! :) It thinks sidereal years are unitless!

1 sidereal year = 365.256363

That should, of course, be in days. But it isn't. Do i get a prize if I tell them? :)

Comments

[fluffymark]

I've decided I like your cakes already. Recipe?

[deborah_c]

Fundamentally, the equation more or less is the recipe, or at least most of the important bits.

Make a conventional chocolate sponge cake, split between two 7 inch baking tins. When it has thoroughly cooled (this is important, or cake will disintegrate!) drizzle a quarter of a pint of Ströh rum through it, catching what comes out in a bowl. (I suggest putting the cake on a cooling rack or similar for this. And yes, I know I said 6floz above, but I didn't feel like leaving trace quantities in the bottle :)

Whip some cream (whipping or double; I used 1/2 pint last time, but that was probably overkill), mixing in (after whipping) any Ströh that fell out of the rest of the cake. Cover the top of one of the sponges, and carefully put the other on top; decorate with remaining cream and glace cherries (which can be soaked in rum first if you want to and think ahead slightly).

Eat with care, preferably sitting down.

[deborah_c]

Oh, and you can also use shaved dark chocolate on the top, if you're feeling indulgent (and you actually have any; my shopping was slightly negligent last time...)

[fluffymark]

Sounds truly yummy, and you've just set me off with severe cake cravings.

[deborah_c]

My life's work is now done :)