A free service called ChaCha will answer any question you can think of. It is quick and it is easy. You just call 1-800-2ChaCha (800-224-2242) from your mobile phone to ask any question. If you like to do texting from your mobile phone you can also text your question to 242242. Whether you call or text, within minutes you get a text message to your cell phone with the answer.

ChaCha has human guides who each work in their own area of expertise to quickly find the answers for you. They have thousands of amateur researchers who field the calls. They even offer a toll-free help number in case you have a problem with the service (800-820-0827).

Since the answer to your question is returned by text messaging, you can only use ChaCha with a cell phone. The answers are brief, but to the point. You can ask a follow-up question, if you like.

You don't even have to create an account at ChaCha to ask a question and get an answer, but if you go to the ChaCha website and register your cell phone number, ChaCha will recognize it when you call or text in and will save the question and answer to your account. You will be able to view the site where the Guide found your answer and will even be able to view the profile of the Guide who found your answer.

The answers will be 160 characters or less, so it is best to ask short and to the point questions. If you have related questions, it is best to ask each in a separate call. Like the Internet, the answers are not all 100% accurate, but ChaCha does an amazingly good job and they find the answers more quickly than the average person using a computer and a search engine.

To use ChaCha, you must have a cell phone that supports text messaging and you will pay your regular text messaging rates to your cell phone service. ChaCha supports all the major cell phone carriers. You can read their FAQs for a list of the carriers they support. The service is currently only offered in the US.

ChaCha requires no fee, no software, and no registration. It is available 24-7 so you can use it anytime and anyplace. It's an amazing free service. So take advantage of it.