Because it’s amazing!
Seriously though, this is another of those very fun Easter eggs that Google throws in to match pop culture happenings every so often.
If you type ‘Thanos’ into Google, his golden, bejeweled gauntlet will appear on the right-hand side, near the Wikipedia article.
** Easter Egg Spoilers Ahead **
Once you do, the gauntlet will snap.
And one by one, you will watch your search articles disappear into the dust that we have all come to know.
Once the page is done scrolling up and down, deleting your search finds, you’ll come to realize that it’s be reduced to - that’s right - 50% of what it was.
Thanos strikes again!