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Google is now hosting millions of historic LIFE photos from the 1750s all the way till today. It provides an interesting view of historic events. Using Google’s search functionality, you can browse the photos any which way you want. Browsing by year, for example, shows the zeitgeist of the time. It is easy to get [...]

Pipl is a search engine for finding people. Enter a name, and Pipl searches the deep web for it. Pipl is a free service.
There are other options for finding people online:

123people presents its results in a nice organized way.
WhitePages will tell you where someone lives.
Spock allows you to claim your own identify and making edits [...]