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Breaking down the who, what, where, when, and why about what people are Googling about Maine.

What about the other New England States?

Okay...this is just weird.

With Easter days away, it doesn't surprise me people would be Googling things about the holiday... But, why would you ever need to search for this?

In preparation for the upcoming Scripps Spelling Bee, Google Trends released a map detailing every state's most misspelled word. Here in Maine, given the lengthy winter and a particularly brutal flu season, it's hardly a surprise that that pneumonia tops the list...

We search for a lot of weird stuff here in Maine, but we now have official data on the most unique stuff we seem to be obsessed with.

The website Estately.com published a blog recently that looks at what how-to questions each state google searches more frequently than any other state. Before I saw the answer for Maine, I was thinking it would maybe be something about lobsters, skiing, ice fishing, but nope, the how-to question we Google search more often than all of the other states is....

Estately.com has researched which 'D-List' celebrities that each U.S. state google more often than any other state. First of all, who would have thought that this study needed to be done, and secondly, why is it so fun to read?

Almost 91,000 people monthly ask Google this? I'm pretty sure you should see a doctor for this question...

We hope you enjoyed your Father's Day. Maybe you treated Dad to a barbecue or even bought him a nice gift. Maybe you even used Google to research a gift idea for Dad. Estately.com researched what each of the U.S. states Google searched more than any of the other states. So what do Mainers Google search the most when it comes to Dad related things?

Want to know something, we often turn to Google. Google has complied hundreds of the most common questions Americans type into the Google search bar. They ran those searches through Google Trends to determine which state inquired each of these selected searches the most over the past 12 years.

The Scripps National Spelling Bee finals just happened. Google decided it was a good excuse to figure out the words that this country CAN'T spell.

Mother's Day is this Sunday, don't forget! If you are still searching for that perfect gift for Mom. Or perhaps a recipe, song, or movie that would be perfect for Mother's Day. You might just google a mom-related term. What do Mainers google most often when it comes to Mom-related terms?

Some people love the new logo, and some people hate it. Before you get used to it, see why the world's largest search engine wanted to mix things up.

It’s a familiar scenario for most people: You haven’t watched the latest episode of Game of Thrones or Mad Men, or you’ve yet to make it to the theater to check out the latest movie your friends have all been gushing over. But social media is an irresistible force, so you hop on Twitter or Facebook anyway, and soon find yourself navigating a minefield. At any given moment, you might read a spoiler. Lucky for you, there may soon be an app for that.