Wolfram|Alpha is a knowledge search engine. PowerShell Pipeworks provides a command, Search-WolframAlpha, which you can use to find out incredibly precise information about almost anything.
Here's a quick example of getting price performance comparisons for a stock:
The Power of the Wolfram|Alpha API is that it parses the raw text data stored into each pod into objects. For instance, try running Get-Member on the results of Search-WolframAlpha "New York City"
Search-WolframAlpha-For"New York City"-ApiKeySettingWolframAlphaApiKey|Get-Member
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