Hey! Check out these three cool stories, guaranteed to make you quiver with knowledge!

First of all, a hidden London relic. In Westminster, if you ever go to the Ministry of Defense, you’ll be standing right above a Gothic crypt, hidden nuclear bunkers, and King Henry VIII’s wine cellar! The wine cellar was built in the early 1500’s by Cardinal Wolsey, to impress King Henry. But, the interior decor was too sophisticated. King Henry fired Wolsey,  and claimed his home as his own. After King Henry’s palace burnt down, the land was put up for lease. It wasn’t easy to put the cellar in the new building, so they encased it in concrete and buried it 20 feet down. It’s still there today!

 The next story is about the great emu war of 1932. After World War I, to help soldiers become civilians once again, they gave them farm land. This was all well and good until the great depression, when wheat prices went down. The government promised assistance in the form of subsidies, but it never came. Instead, 20,000 emus came and destroyed land. The farmers tried to get help from the Ministry of Agriculture, but got help from the Ministry of War, who sent two regiments of soldiers to dispose of the emus. But eventually, the emus scattered, ammo was wasted, and the plan to trap them failed. Eventually, the emus won. Weird!

My last story is about Charles Darwin and his worm experiments. Before his theory of evolution, Darwin conducted experiments on worms. He had his wife and children play music for the worms, and he confirmed that they cannot hear. In later years, he conducted an experiment where a large, flat stone was laid in his yard, and he recorded the depth that it sank over a few decades. He was able to prove the value of worms as natural agents of soil turnover and also determined why ancient ruins are buried below the ground. He even published a book about worms which, during his lifetime, outsold The Origin Of The Species.

Well, I certainly hope you enjoyed these stories. Comment to let me know how I’m doing!

Hey guys! Today I found this clip of a gay couple in a Texas café being insulted by a waitress. What the patrons don’t know is that the waitress, couple, and kids are all actors. BE WARNED, IT IS A TOUCHING VIDEO,  BE PREPARED TO CRY!!! Watch it right here. Enjoy.

This gives me hope that these people are standing up now, so perhaps this will happen more in the future!

Hey! I’m back with even more good stuff. Let’s start out with this story of a mammal that survived the meteor that killed the dinosaurs.

 This beast is Necrolestes Patagonensis, meaning grave robber since it lived underground. It was alive after the death of dinosaurs, but it was related to another mammal that lived before the dino death. The Grave Robber was just recently discovered – how can that be? This is the Lazarus effect, which is where something was around a lot longer than expected. For example, the Ginko tree – they were thought to be extinct until someone found one. Scientists think it took so long to find the Grave Robber because of it’s extraordinary burrowing powers. Crazy!

Next, check out this gravity-powered lamp. No batteries or fuel required – all you do is fill a bag with sand or rocks or dirt or whatever, and as it descends, working by a pulley system, it gives half an hour of light. I couldn’t find the video on YouTube to put here, but here’s the link.

Check out an awesome flying lego drone! This lego drone can fly in the air and even complete predetermined missions in autopilot mode. Once again, here’s the link.

Finally, a song made out of old computer parts:

The song is Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye. A glockenspiel is used for the xylophone, Two hard drives for the drums and cymbal, an HP Scanjet 3C for vocals, and two oscilloscopes for guitar and bass. Crazy!

Well, that’s it for now. Comment to let me know how I’m doing!

Hey! I’m back with more good websites and other things, and I’ll start off with this guy who can only make art while he’s sleeping!

 This painting is the work of Welsh-Australian artist Lee Hadwin. Yes, he can only make his art when he’s asleep, and he has been doing this for 32 years. He doesn’t know what he’s made until he wakes up. He also feels that it’s not really his art, as he doesn’t remember making it. Right now, he’s selling his work on eBay and plans to give half of the proceeds to the Missing People charity. Good job, using money for a good cause!

Check out this quiz to find out what kind of civil rights leader you are. Answer six questions and there you are! At each result it also gives you people in the civil rights movement in the same category as you. Fun, check it out here.

Next, check out this awesome website full of awesome DIY stuff. If you click on “skills”, you can check out all the different skills to have, and figure out your strongest area! A really great website, I love it, check it out here.

Next, a robot that has learned to play ping pong! This robot has a camera in it, and a library of possible shots. The robot learned from watching humans, and after an hour of practice it was returning 88% of shots. I couldn’t find the video on youtube, but here’s the link.

Finally, take a good long look at this:

 Crazy, right? Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde sets a room’s temperature, humidity and light to a certain level, and creates the clouds with a fog machine. Nice job!

Well, that’s it for this post. Comment to let me know how I’m doing!