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Quick Post: People Search For The Darndest Things

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Daniel Andrlik
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Daniel Andrlik lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia. By day he manages product teams. The rest of the time he is a podcast host and producer, writer of speculative fiction, a rabid reader, and a programmer.

I was just perusing some of my Statcounter data when I came across this search string a Canadian used to find my site. It’s far from the most bizarre thing I’ve seen in my search results, but it is notable for its specificity.

The search finds my site due to a humorous comment a reader left on the indicated post. I’m curious though, if you run a website and check your statistics, what is the strangest search term someone has used to find your site?

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