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Google Doodle Mystery Solved Happy Birthday H.G. Wells!

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Posted 21 September 2009 - 01:22 PM

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Google has released a new doodle showing a scene from War of the Worlds, after confirming that its recent UFO logos were intended to mark the birthday of HG Wells.

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Posted 21 September 2009 - 09:01 PM

It was a mystery? :thumbsup:
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Posted 21 September 2009 - 11:37 PM

Indeed it was, my duck-billed friend.
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Posted 22 September 2009 - 04:15 AM

Can other mysteries be solved by hovering your mouse cursor over them?
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Posted 22 September 2009 - 08:36 AM

Whoa!

That's another mystery to me!

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Posted 22 September 2009 - 10:07 AM

View PostPlatypus, on Sep 22 2009, 02:15 AM, said:

Can other mysteries be solved by hovering your mouse cursor over them?


Apparently you missed all the build-up. Google's doodles have been less than self-explanatory of late.
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Posted 22 September 2009 - 02:12 PM

I really love trying to solve those mysteries....well, when they are indeed mysterious. :thumbsup: Another recent one was the one with the crop circles.
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Posted 22 September 2009 - 03:24 PM

View Postteacup61, on Sep 22 2009, 12:12 PM, said:

I really love trying to solve those mysteries....well, when they are indeed mysterious. :thumbsup: Another recent one was the one with the crop circles.


That was part of this mystery! See? :flowers:
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Posted 22 September 2009 - 03:41 PM

Indeed! :thumbsup: There have been some real standouts since Google started this.......one of the ones I thought was cute was the Lego one. Which ones have stood out to you guys?
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Posted 24 September 2009 - 03:15 PM

o.O That's interesting.. I was wondering "Did Google get invaded by Aliens?"
Who said I couldn't have everything?

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