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There are numerous websites on the internet that can make you smarter and more i
ntelligent at no cost. Of course, there are websites which can distract you, but
if you want to utilize your time on the Internet, here is the list of sites tha
t you must consider.
1. Quora.com
Quora s mission is to share and grow world Knowledge. It's a question-answer based
site where people ask their questions and queries and get responses from expert
s. In fact, my this post is inspired by one of questions asked on this website.
Simply, Quora is the best source of knowledge. The good thing about Quora is tha
t it contains questions are from all fields like lifestyle, technology, travelli
ng, cooking, internet and many more. Ask Anything and you will get the best answ
ers to your questions and you can also read the answers of the questions asked b
y other users. In short, Quora contains great information and facts which are ra
rely available. You can also write blog posts about what you know. I fell in lov
e with this site when I first visited it.
2. Duolingo.com
An awesome language teaching site that teaches over 20 languages from scratch. T
he good thing about the site is that it starts at beginner level and is complete
ly free. If you put in a little effort and are really interested in learning a n
ew language, in a couple of months you could speak and write a new language. Lea
rning with duolingo is fun and addictive. The Dulingo app is available for both
iOS and Android so that you can learn anytime.
3. Justinguitar.com
You are definitely going to thank me for this if you are fond of learning guitar
. Justinguitar.com was started by Justin Sandercoe in 2003 and since then his we
bsite has been visited by millions of people. His site provides hundreds of free
quality guitar lessons. All lessons are in form of video so that you can easily
learn playing guitar. This site provides the best way to learn guitar online an
d thousands music lovers already making the most of it.
4. Cookingforengineers.com
Not only provides new recipes but also teach the way how to make them tastier. A
ll the recipes are well written, photographed and very easy to understand. If yo
u love cooking, this is the site to visit.
5. Lumosity.com
A free online application to test your brain and help you achieve its full poten
tial. It provides free brain testing, memory testing and logical reasoning exerc
ises which refresh your brain and make you smarter and sharper. It s the Web's mos
t popular scientifically designed training program and it is free.
6. Khanacademy.com
This site deserves a much higher place in this list because of its mission which
aims at providing world class education to those who need it but cannot afford
it. It is a non-profit organization which provides world class education for eve
ryone everywhere free of cost. It covers a wide variety of subjects like mathema
tics, science, economics, Arts, humanities and computer science. It also provide
lectures for those preparing for various tests like like SAT, GMAT,IIT-JEE, MCA
T, etc.
All of Khan academy s educational content and material is available to everyone co
mpletely free of charge.
7. Freerice.com
Well, You might living in a developed country and has a modern lifestyle but the
re are many people out there who are still not getting enough food and suffering
from hunger. Freerice helps to end hunger from world by providing rice to hungr

y people for free. It has multiple-choice type quiz questions on wide variety of
subjects and if you answer right, they donate 10 grains of rice through the Wor
ld Food Programme. So you can improve your knowledge and provide some food to ne
edy people at the same time.
8. Ted.com
Collection of TED (Technology, Education and Design) talks in which experts addr
ess a wide variety of useful topics through small interval videos. It is like at
tending a world class seminar from home.
9. Coursera.com
Do you ever dream of studying at world s top universities? Now you can virtually f
ulfill this dream. Coursera.com provides online courses in collaboration with th
e world s best universities like University of California, The Hong Kong Universit
y of science and technology, Stanford University, University of Pittsburg, Unive
rsity of Tokyo, University of Michigan and many more.
The approach used by coursera.com is very much similar to real classes. You lear
n by watching demonstrating videos, perform activities and assignment and then s
ubmit the assignments .On the basis of your assignments you get marks. The quali
ty of content and material at this class matches the education quality at world
level universities. Here are the some courses I am currently attending :
An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python
Programming Mobile Applications for Android Handheld Systems
Learn to Program: Crafting Quality Code
All these courses are available free of cost.
10. Nerdfitness.com
An ultimate site that helps stay in shape and provide valuable health tips. It p
rovides very valuable information and case studies on how you can lose your weig
ht. Feels like getting instructions from a professional sitting at home.
11. Codecademy.com
As the Internet is expanding each day, there is more demand of web developers an
d programmers. At codeacademy you can learn the basics of code. You may not beco
me a professional programmer immediately after following the tutorials but this
site teaches you the right way to become an expert. Currently it provides classe
s and courses on web technologies like HTML, Javascript , jQuery, PHP, Ruby, Wor
dpress, etc.
12. Openculture.com
This site can be considered the repository of free online educational resources
which include videos, tutorials, eBooks and audio books. It does not provide edu
cational content itself but collects all the good learning material from all the
sites(including the sites I mentioned above) and collaborate them so that you c
an access them at single place.
13. geographyiq.com
A unique site which provides information about the major facts of all countries.
Select a country either alphabetically or from map and access information like
Geography, People, Military, Communication, currency, Economy and so on.
14. Instructables.com
A huge community which provide how-to-do step by step guides on almost everythin
g - from some basic household tricks to high end tech tricks.

15. Howstuffworks.com
If your hobby includes reading and you are curious about things, then this is th
e site for you to visit. How Stuff works
An online source of easy to understand
explanations of how certain things actually works. From car engines to search en
gines, from cell phones to stem cells, and thousands of subjects in between, How
StuffWorks - Learn How Everything Works! has it covered.
Still there is many. The list of such kind of websites is very long. I tried to
cover only those which I found highly productive and useful. Do I Missed a great
online resource? Share it with us by commenting below. Please share this post b
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Additional useful websites:
ctrlq.org/screenshots
for capturing screenshots of web pages on mobile and deskt
ops.
dictation.io online voice recognition in the browser itself.
zerodollarmovies.com
find full-length movies on YouTube.
screenr.com
record movies of your desktop and send them straight to YouTube.
Sign in - Google Accounts... shorten long URLs and convert URLs into QR codes.
unfurlr.come find the original URL that s hiding behind a short URL.
qClock find the local time of a city using Google Maps.
copypastecharacter.com
copy special characters that aren t on your keyboard.
codeacademy.com the best place to learn coding online.
lovelycharts.com create flowcharts, network diagrams, sitemaps, etc.
iconfinder.com find icons of all sizes.
office.com download templates, clipart and images for your Office documents.
followupthen.com
the easiest way to setup email reminders.
jotti.org
scan any suspicious file or email attachment for viruses.
wolframalpha.com gets answers directly without searching
see more wolfram tips
.
printwhatyoulike.com print web pages without the clutter.
ctrlq.save save online files to Dropbox or Google Drive directly.
ctrql.rss
a search engine for RSS feeds.
e.ggtimer.com
a simple online timer for your daily needs.
coralcdn.org if a site is down due to heavy traffic, try accessing it through co
ral CDN.
random.org pick random numbers, flip coins, and more.
pdfescape.com
lets you can quickly edit PDFs in the browser itself.
tubemogul.com simultaneously upload videos to YouTube and other video sites.
scr.im share you email address online without worrying about spam.
spypig.com
now get read receipts for your email.
myfonts.com/WhatTheFont
quickly determine the font name from an image.
google.com/webfonts a good collection of open source fonts.
regex.info find data hidden in your photographs
see more EXIF tools.
livestream.com broadcast events live over the web, including your desktop screen
.
iwantmyname.com
helps you search domains across all TLDs.
homestyler.com design from scratch or re-model your home in 3d.
join.me
share you screen with anyone over the web.
onlineocr.net
recognize text from scanned PDFs see other OCR tools.
flightstats.com
Track flight status at airports worldwide.
wetransfer.com for sharing really big files online.
hundredzeros.com the site lets you download free Kindle books.
polishmywriting.com
check your writing for spelling or grammatical errors.
marker.to easily highlight the important parts of a web page for sharing.

typewith.me
work on the same document with multiple people.
whichdateworks.com planning an event? find a date that works for all.
everytimezone.com
a less confusing view of the world time zones.
gtmetrix.com the perfect tool for measuring your site performance online.
noteflight.com print music sheets, write your own music online (review).
imo.im chat with your buddies on Skype, Facebook, Google Talk, etc. from one pla
ce.
translate.google.com
translate web pages, PDFs and Office documents.
kleki.com
create paintings and sketches with a wide variety of brushes.
similarsites.com discover new sites that are similar to what you like already.
wordle.net quick summarize long pieces of text with tag clouds.
bubbl.us create mind-maps, brainstorm ideas in the browser.
kuler.adobe.com
get color ideas, also extract colors from photographs.
liveshare.com share your photos in an album instantly.
lmgtfy.com when your friends are too lazy to use Google on their own.
midomi.com when you need to find the name of a song.
google.com/history
see your past searches, also among most important Google URLs
bing.com/images
automatically find perfectly-sized wallpapers for mobiles.
faxzero.com send an online fax for free
see more fax services.
feedmyinbox.com get RSS feeds as an email newsletter.
ge.tt qiuckly send a file to someone, they can even preview it before downloadin
g.
pipebytes.com
transfer files of any size without uploading to a third-party serv
er.
tinychat.com setup a private chat room in micro-seconds.
privnote.com create text notes that will self-destruct after being read.
boxoh.com
track the status of any shipment on Google Maps
alternative.
mondrian.io create vector drawings in the browser
draw.io create diagrams and flowcharts in the browser, export your drawings to G
oogle Drive and Dropbox.
downforeveryoneorjustme.com
find if your favorite website is offline or not?
ewhois.com find the other websites of a person with reverse Analytics lookup.
whoishostingthis.com
find the web host of any website.
labnol.org software tutorials and how-to guides.
disposablewebpage.com
create a temporary web page that self-destruct.
urbandictionary.com find definitions of slangs and informal words.
seatguru.com consult this site before choosing a seat for your next flight.
unsplash.com download images absolutely free.
zoom.it
view very high-resolution images in your browser without scrolling.
scribblemaps.com create custom Google Maps easily.
alertful.com quickly setup email reminders for important events.
picmonkey.com
Picnik is offline but PicMonkey is an even better image editor.
formspring.me you can ask or answer personal questions here.
sumopaint.com an excellent layer-based online image editor.
snopes.com find if that email offer you received is real or just another scam.
typingweb.com
master touch-typing with these practice sessions.
mailvu.com send video emails to anyone using your web cam.
timerime.com create timelines with audio, video and images.
stupeflix.com
make a movie out of your images, audio and video clips.
safeweb.norton.com check the trust level of any website.
teuxdeux.com a beautiful to-do app that looks like your paper dairy.
deadurl.com
you ll need this when your bookmarked web pages are deleted.
minutes.io quickly capture effective notes during meetings.
youtube.com/leanback
Watch YouTube channels in TV mode.
youtube.com/disco
quickly create a video playlist of your favorite artist.
talltweets.com Send tweets longer than 140 characters.
pancake.io create a free and simple website using your Dropbox account.
builtwith.com
find the technology stack to know everything about a website.
woorank.com research a website from the SEO perspective.
mixlr.com broadcast live audio over the web.

radbox.me
bookmark online videos and watch them later (review).
tagmydoc.com add QR codes to your documents and presentations (review).
notes.io the easiest way to write short text notes in the browser.
ctrlq.org/html-mail
send rich-text mails to anyone, anonymously.
fiverr.com hire people to do little things for $5.
otixo.com
easily manage your online files on Dropbox, Google Docs, etc.
ifttt.com create a connection between all your online accounts.
The following websites were part of the original list but they are either no lon
ger available or have been replaced with better alternatives.
virustotal.com scan any suspicious file or email attachment for viruses.
isnsfw.com when you wish to share a NSFW page but with a warning.
truveo.com the best place for searching web videos.
tabbloid.com your favorite blogs delivered as PDFs.
warrick.cs.odu.edu
you ll need this when your bookmarked web pages are deleted.
tempalias.com generate temporary email aliases, better than disposable email.
whisperbot.com send an email without using your own account.
errorlevelanalysis.com
find whether a photo is real or a photoshopped one.
google.com/dictionary
get word meanings, pronunciations and usage examples.
wobzip.org unzip your compressed files online.
namemytune.com
when you need to find the name of a song.
snapask.com
use email on your phone to find sports scores, read Wikipedia, etc.
pastebin.com No.1 paste tool since 2002
encrypted.google.com
Google now redirects all logged-in users to the https versi
on ofgoogle.com by default so this is no longer necessary.
bounceapp.com
replace this with a version that works on mobile.
dabbleboard.com a online virtual whiteboard that will shut down in August 2012.
chipin.com helps you raise funds online for an event or a cause (closed).