www.alliancecom.net 9 4. Freerice Freerice.com If you want a website that can help you pass the time, do some charity, and enhance your vocabulary—all at once—Freerice is for you. Answer brief vocabulary quizzes, and each time you give the right answer, this website will donate 10 grains of rice on your behalf to the UNWorld Food Programme. Private sponsors match the rice grain donations generated within Freerice, triggering a financial payment to WFP. 5. GIPHY giphy.com This website gives you free access to billions of funny and cool GIFs (short looping videos). You’ll see what’s trending on the homepage, and you can also search by categories including Reactions, Entertainment, and Sports to find the perfect GIF for any occasion. GIPHY also has a fun collection of stickers. 6. Google Arts & Culture artsandculture.google.com The website features high-quality images of artworks, virtual tours, and interactive exhibitions, allowing you to immerse yourself in the arts without leaving home. With just a few clicks, you can access museums, galleries, and cultural institutions from around the globe as well as learn about famous artists and explore different cultures and traditions. Whether you’re an art enthusiast or just looking for a way to pass the time, Google Arts & Culture is the perfect place to discover something new. 7. Map Crunch mapcrunch.com Map Crunch is your ticket to virtually visiting locations around the globe. All you have to do is click the green “Go!” button to instantly get a random Street View of a city. If there’s a country in particular you’d like to visit, select from the list provided in the “Options” window. Once you’ve arrived at a spot, arrows enable you to look around. 8. NASA+ plus.nasa.gov Did you know NASA now has a streaming platform? It offers live events with astronauts as well as a library of new videos and iconic NASA footage including the “Apollo 13: Houston, We’ve Got a Problem” moment. You can also explore this “out of this world” website by topic, ranging from Humans in Space to History. 9. Neal.fun neal.fun You’ll find lots of silly games and quirky information on this little website. Want to design the next iPhone? Here’s your chance. Which famous people were alive in any given year and how old were they? See the answers instantly. Are you able to draw brand logos from memory? Test your abilities here. There are lots of entertaining ways to spend a few minutes at Neal.com. 10. Patatap patatap.com Patatap is a portable animation and sound kit. With the touch of a finger on your computer’s keyboard, it lets you create melodies charged with moving shapes. Don’t expect to create a musical masterpiece. This is just for fun, and you’ll be rewarded with amusing noises and animations. See what happens when you enter your name or any other word that’s on your mind! 11. Quick, Draw! quickdraw.withgoogle.com Are you confident in your drawing skills? Put them to the test using this online guessing game. You’ll be asked to draw a specific item in a few seconds, such as a T-shirt or a speedboat, and let a neural network (a computer system modeled on the human brain and nervous system) try to identify it. 12. This American Life thisamericanlife.org This American Life is a weekly public radio program and podcast. Each week it chooses a theme and puts together different real-life stories and incidents that relate to that theme. More than 700 episodes are available, so you’re sure to find ones that capture your attention, and you can listen to them from the website. 13. Wayback Machine web.archive.org As the name suggests, Wayback Machine is like a time machine for websites on the internet. Scrolling across the homepage are well-known websites from years gone by—yahoo.com from 1996, amazon.com from 2005, foodnetwork.com from 2013, and many more. Don’t be surprised if you say to yourself, “I remember that!”
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