We all know that the Internet has everything—and we do mean everything that anyone could ever want to read about, see, or purchase. But how do people find what they are looking for on the Internet? And what kind of crazy stuff are they really searching for? Many sites and articles are devoted solely to cataloging just this sort of information.

Here are some strange search terms that people used to find www.tenerlife-training.net a news cycling blog, according to a blog post by the site’s owner:

• “sea snake santa”
• “eggbeater review candy”
• “purple kettle”

Who knows what motivates people in their quest for information? A Google search for “strangest Internet search queries” lead us to the following top results for certain terms:

For the search term “Google is”

• “your friend”
• “taking over the world”
• “watching you”

For the search term “what is”

• “what is Twitter?”
• “what is my IP address?”
• “what is love?”
• “what is a short sale?”

And finally, for the search term “news is”

• “news is free”
• “news is a verb”
• “news is actually manufactured in a complex social process.”
• “news is people”

So to recap, whether you’re searching for a purple kettle, a sea snake Santa, the definition of news, or answers to existential questions about life, love, and your IP address, the Internet is clearly the place to go.