The Tuesday Sundries - Dracula's Puzzle Box

Over on the Mr.Puzzle YouTube channel, there is a recent video showing "DRACULAS Secret Box - Straight from TRANSYLVANIA!!"  Enjoy!

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Historical Thursday - Arrows vs Armour

Over on the Medieval Myth Busting YouTube channel, the gang takes on the question of Arrows vs Armour.  Watch and learn!

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The Tuesday Sundries - Gold Drop Mine Exploration

Over on the Exploring Abandoned Mines YouTube channel (I'm so glad this exists and is named as such), there's a video called "Gold drop the rat king mine, the mine with the most and friendliest rats."  It's a slightly deceptive title but still an enjoyable video.

To quote the intrepid explorer, "The Gold Drop mine historic Gold and Silver mine. Main haulage tunnel, several intermediate and cross cut levels and many good ladders that I used to explore all the levels. A very warm mine that has more rats than any mine I have ever explored and man I hate rats. They even used the ladders!"

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The Tuesday Sundries - Secret Doors

Over on hideadoor.com, they have a number of idea on ways you can have a secret door in your own home.  Find out more here.

Also, on iliketomakestuff.com, they show you how to make your own secret door bookcase here.

Finally, from the peterjb62 YouTube channel, a clip from Young Frankenstein (1974) showing the late Gene Wilder and the great Teri Garr searching for a secret door with varying degrees of success.  Enjoy!

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Saturday in Space - Rockets

Over on space.com, they share a "Career Launch: 50-Foot Rocket Built By Students Breaks Records."  Find out more here.

Also, on space.com, they tell us "Yes, NASA's New Megarocket Will Be More Powerful Than the Saturn V."  Learn more here.

Finally, on sciencealert.com, we're told "NASA's new camera just filmed a rocket plume so we can see it properly for the first time" here.

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Flora & Fauna Friday - Adorable Deep Ones

Three videos from the EVNautilus YouTube channel of adorable Deep Ones.  First up, a "Dumbo Octopus in Action." Enjoy!

Also, watch as a "Shy Octopus Hides Inside Its Own Tentacles."

Finally, check out this "Googly-eyed Stubby Squid."

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Mapping Monday - Making Maps

Over on vulpinoid.blogspot.com a few years back, The Fox began with "Map Drawing Tutorial 1" here.

Also, on play.google.com, check out the "ProD&D Dungeon Generator" here.

Finally, on Kindari YouTube channel, they have a seven part series on "Atlas Map Style Tutorial(s)" and I made a playlist of them here.  Enjoy!

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Saturday in Space - The Perseid Meteor Shower

Three this week on the Perseid Meteor Shower including over on sciencealert.com, "Guys, the Perseid meteor shower is here, and it's going to be twice as good this year."  Learn more here.

Also, on astronomy.com, check out "Perseid meteor shower set for its best show in nearly 20 years" here.

Finally, on smithsonianmag.com here and NASA's Marshall Center's YouTube channel, "Look Up! The Perseid Meteor Shower Is Going to Be a Doozy This Year."  Enjoy!

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Mapping Monday - 2-Minute Table Top

Over on geekandsundry.com, they recently introduced me (here) to Ross McConnell's 2-Minute Table Top and the wonderful maps he makes.

On his 2minutetabletop.com website, he's got all sorts of cartography and tutorials here.

You can also view his videos on his 2-Minute Table Top YouTube channel here including this one on "How To Draw Grass (DM's Drawing Guide)."  Enjoy!

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Historical Thursday - The Black Death

Over on historyextra.com, learn "10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Black Death" here.

Also, on theguardian.com, shudder as the "'Eye-watering' scale of Black Death's impact on England [is] revealed" here.

Finally, on the Stanford YouTube channel, watch as "John Hatcher, Cambridge University history professor and 2009 Stanford Humanities Center Fellow, shares the challenges of writing and researching his book The Black Death: A Personal History. He talks about the way in which he combines history and non-ficitional writing to describe a single location during The Black Death."  Enjoy!

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Saturday in Space - Jupiter Conquered

Three from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory YouTube channel this week including "Jupiter: Into the Unknown (NASA Juno Mission Trailer)."  Cool!

Also, check out how "Juno Captures the 'Roar' of Jupiter."  Fascinating!

Finally, the gang celebrates as "'We Conquered Jupiter': Juno Enters Orbit!"  Huzzah!

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Flora & Fauna Friday - Snakes

Over on the smithsonianchannel.com, they introduce us to "Titanoboa" here.

Also, on delegraph.co.uk, they tell us "Scientists in Italy rediscover snake that was used by ancient Greeks as a weapon of war" here.

Finally, on the National Geographic YouTube channel, they ask, "Is Eating Venomous Sea Snakes a Bad Thing?"  Hard to swallow?

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Saturday in Space - Moons

Over on beyondearthlyskies.blogspot.com, they tell us "Giant Planets that can Potentially Host Habitable Moons" here.

Also, on mnn.com, "Earth has captured a second moon, says NASA."  Find out more here.

Finally, on sciencealert.com and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory YouTube channel, some more commentary on the story of the second Earth moon here and in the video below.

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Flora & Fauna Friday - Oceans of Mystery

Three from Science Alert this week with the first being "Rare aerial footage reveals a pod of whales chasing down a shark" here.

Also, "Scientists have tracked where whale sharks go after tourist season."  Find out more here.

Finally, early this month, "Scientists [were] streaming a live video feed of the Mariana Trench."  Grab some info on it and some pictures here then check out footage of Okeanos on their YouTube channel here.

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Flora & Fauna Friday - Gator or Croc?

Is it time to play Gator or Croc?  Over on lazy-lizard-tales.blogspot.com some years back, they ran an article titled "That's no fish: Alligator spotted at Sembawang Park?"  Get the details here.

Also, on wptv.com, they might have a croc of a different sort and still have a gator with "Florida man snaps picture of raccoon riding a gator in Ocala National Forest" here.

Finally, on sciencealert.com, they say "We asked a scientist about that 'impossibly large' alligator" and this is what they found out here.

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The Tuesday Sundries - Medieval Weapons

Over on medievalwarfare.info, they share some "Medieval Weapons & Armour" here.

Also, on ublicmedievalist.com, they tell us of "The Curious Case of the Weapon that Didn’t Exist" here.

Finally, on the list25 YouTube channel, they recount the "25 Most Insane Medieval Weapons." Enjoy!

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Setting & Society Sunday - Miracles, Gods, & Religion

Over on medievalists.net, they list the "Top 10 Strangest Miracles of the Middle Ages" here.

Also, on medievalists.net, they explain "How to destroy gods" here.

Finally, on the Business Insider YouTube channel, they give us an "Animated map shows how religion spread around the world."  Watch!

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Flora & Fauna Friday - First Tree, Garden, & Avocados

Over on treehugger.com, they share "One of the first fruit trees planted in America is still alive and well at age 383+" here.

Also, via a Google image search, check out lots of pics of the "Montreal Botanical Garden" here.

Finally, on sciencealert.com and the SciShow YouTube channel, find out "Why Avocados Shouldn't Exist" here.

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Flora & Fauna Friday - Duck, Duck, Goose

Over on the veijvesa YouTube channel, check out "2000 Ducks."

Also, on the 420capricess YouTube channel, see how a "Mama Duck Fights Crows Attacking Baby Ducklings."

Finally, on the James Givens YouTube channel, watch how "Mother Goose thanks Cincinnati Police."

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