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Science stuff  

Posted by Feral Beast in

Hello.

I'm going to tell you about a show I saw just a few min's a go.

It was about some rude teen's that were at school and didn't like school.
But when some Scientist came to their school and they started learning about science, they loved it.

Their first experiment was to make some balloons filled with hydrogen and helium explode by using fire.
That was so that they could know how the Earth and the universe was made with the big bang.

Their second experiment was to electrocute a turkey that had a wire based bra on.
And it went, "POP!"
The electricity ripped the turkey apart!
'Coz the wire conducted the electricity even more around the turkey.

Their third experiment was to get out of a lightning storm.
You could get in a tent ,Beach hut, Telephone box, Garden shed, or a beach umbrella.
They made the lightning with a machine called a tesla coil.
And you know what, the Telephone box won.
'Coz it was metal it conducted the electricity from the lightning down to the ground without burning or blowing up.
The 2 girls that chose the Telephone box were put inside it and they put the tesla coil on top to hit it with lightning and they were scared 'coz they were screaming.
But they didn't die.

Easter Island Rapanui  

Posted by Feral Beast in , , , , , , , , ,

'ello, 'ello.mrgreen

I'm going to tell you about a TV show I saw last night, and it was about Easter Island.
The current thought pattern is that the ancient peoples of the island killed all of the trees so they could move their giant statues and for canoes.
But it wasn't them, it was really the 16th century Europeans.
They had brought disease and rats on their ships, and the rats ate all of the tree seeds.cry

The islanders didn't need much wood, 'coz the statues walked.
Now you may think I'm crazy, but they did, in fact when the statues were finished, they were lifted up and had ropes tied around them.
When the statues were finished the bases of them weren't, it was in a half circle so they could rock sideways.
There would be 4 teams of men on each corner, and they would chant a song so they would know when to pull on the ropes and keep in time.
It was something like when we "walk" a heavy piece of furniture today, tipping it from corner to corner and side to side, moving it forwards.surprised

Also they've discovered that the eyes weren't just holes in the statues, they used to have big white eyes with pupils made from coral.
They are replacing the coral eyes on the statues now and it makes them look really different, more like a living person that they were supposed to represent.

If you want to find out a little bit more( and when I say a little bit more I mean a whole lot more!) then click here.rolleyes

Life after people  

Posted by Feral Beast in , , , ,

Hello again.

I saw this great show called Life After People, and it was really cool.
If you want to see what happens when we're all gone click here and find out.

It was a very interesting show.
They interviewed scientist's and other people in the scientific community to get a real idea of how animals and plants would behave without any humans around.
And that the only thing that man has built that will remain is roman buildings is astounding, once you read it you'll know what I'm talking about.