Wicked777 gets creative with bottles.

Author's Note: There was some conflict over the title of this series, so you might have noticed that I changed it.

Ninety-nine bottles of milk on the wall, ninety-nine bottles of milk . . .

Aside from inspiring incredibly annoying songs, it seems like bottles just aren't all that useful. Once they're empty, they're off to a landfill to sit in piles of garbage - but it doesn't have to be that way!

This week, I'm showing you just a few of the uses old bottles can be put to. Before trying any of these crafts, make sure the bottles you're working with are completely clean, and that you have permission from your parent or guardian!

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Msof57 reports on a shipwreck, but not the Titanic.

What comes to mind when I say "shipwreck?" Probably the Titanic, right? But there have been so many more horrific shipwrecks that have been much worse than the Titanic. In my opinion, one of the worst was probably the Lusitania.

The Lusitania took off from New York City, New York on May 1, 1915 and headed off to Liverpool, Great Britain. It was a beautiful day. But the news in the newspaper was not so beautiful. It held a warning to the passengers that they are at their own risk of German U-boats wandering around Ireland that would be more than willing to shoot down the beautiful cruise liner. Since this was World War 1, Captain William Turner assured the passengers that Lusitania's speed could outrun any German U-boat.

The one thing the passengers didn't know what that the Lusitania was carrying several heavy explosives. This was a great threat considering that many U-boats could intercept messages going from ship to ship. But the captain didn't bother telling the passengers this. You never know what might happen. They had already found three German spies in third class. They had been arrested and were being held below deck.

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