You cannot legally watch MLK’s “I Have A Dream Speech” for free!

It's copyrighted material, and it costs $10 to get any video/audio or $20 for the entirety of the speech that changed the United States’ history forever. Dr. King’s family owns the rights to his speech until the year 2038!

But why is it copyrighted? Usually speeches are in the public domain, such as Obama’s “Yes We Can” speech. However, The estate of Dr. King sued Twentieth Century Fox in 1963 for selling records of his speech without permission. Since then, the speech has been disputed to be in the public domain as well as staying copy-written. What do you think? Should speeches be automatically in the public domain? Tell us in the comments below! 

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Silly string is used in the US and British Armies!

In their Iraq missions, troops from these countries developed a way to search for traps. They sprayed open doorways and halls with silly string to detect and maneuver around tripwires, preventing explosions!

How does it do this? silly string is sticky enough to latch itself onto wires without weighing too much and setting off traps. At the peak of the War in Iraq, people held silly string drives to send the canned goop to troops overseas! To read more on the properties of silly string and other uses, click the Source below!

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There is a treehouse that is over 90 feet tall!

The tree that the house resides in is 80 feet tall and over 12 feet long. This tree comfortably holds an 11 floor, 8000 square foot, over 250,000 nail wonder that would put every eight year old's tree house to shame. The house stands at 97 feet tall, which means that it is 17 feet taller than the tree it resides in.

The creator of the treehouse, Horrace Burgess, is 56 years old and has said that he put over $12,000 into the building of the structure. Also, Burgess says that he is not done making his monument in the trees. He’s not stopping at floor #11! Do you want to move into this treehouse? I know I do.

Tell us what you think about the colossal cabana in the comments below!

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The final race in the movie ‘Cool Runnings’ featured footage from the actual heat when they crashed in 1988!

The film was based on the true story of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Canada where the Jamaican bobsled team competed for the first time. They were the obvious underdogs for being the only tropical team in a winter sport.

Their final race in the movie actually had footage from the real crash in the 1988 Winter Olympics. The story is a loose retelling, as all the characters in the film are fictional. One part that was true, though, was the real team was inspired by pushcart racing and track sprinters. 

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A man created a principality off the coast of England in an abandoned sea fort!

It's the Principality of Sealand, and it is located 6 miles off the coast of Suffolk, England. The principality is unrecognized as an independent state by any other sovereign state. However, a British court ruled that the UK did not have jurisdiction over the tiny town located on a former WWII sea fort. 

The man who created the principality is former British Major Paddy Roy Bates. He established his Principality in 1967 and his close friends and relatives claim it is an independent sovereign state. However, despite his title, it is doubtful that we'll ever see the Prince of Sealand invited to Buckingham palace anytime soon.

The prince of Sealand does not live IN Sealand, rather Prince Roy and his family live in mainland England. One of the current plans for the tiny state is to create an online casino. 

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