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Google’s Knowledge Graph Ready For Halloween With Fun Easter Eggs

google-halloweenMashable spotted some clever easter eggs from Google for the upcoming Halloween holiday.

Google is utilizing the knowledge graph to provide fun answers to searches for [Ghost], [Witch], [Skeleton], [Grim Reaper].

For example, if you look at the knowledge graph for Witch, you will learn that to defeat them, you just need to throw a pail of water at them. While to defeat a Ghost, you need to call Peter Venkman and Ray Stantz, from the movie Ghostbusters.

Here are screen shots of these Halloween easter eggs from Google. Can you find more?

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For more fun, check out the other Google Easter Eggs.

Postscript: Google’s Aygul Zagidullina shared more queries that trigger fun easter eggs on Halloween via Google+. They include:

1) Ghost
2) Zombie
3) Evil Robot
4) Werewolf
5) Vampire
6) Skeleton
7) Witch
8) Mummy
9) Grim Reaper
10) Evil Pumpkin
11) Medusa
12) Dragon
13) Orc

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