Do you love the Internet? Do you spend most of your time surfin' the World Wide Web? Do you find that the time you spend on the Internet becomes mundane, repetitive, and just out right boring? Well do I have a solution for you! Here is a list of seven secrets that the Internet holds so you can be more excited about browsing the Internet all day, just like you used to.

1. Facebook Messenger Basketball Game

If you are using the Facebook Messenger app, you can send (or receive) a basketball emoji that activates a game inside of the app. The game is similar to Paper Toss. It's very fun and very addicting. The goal is to beat your friend's high score.

2. Konami Code

This is a cheat code that originated in the 1986 game "Gradius" for the NES, which then was popularized by Americans in the NES version of Contra. Also known as "Contra Code" or "30 Lives Code," it was created by Kazuhisa Hashimoto who found that the game was too difficult to play during testing. In order to help the players out, he created this cheat code to give the player a full set of power-ups instead of gradually gaining them throughout the game.

Konami code is now an iconic gaming relic that's deeply embedded in gaming history across the world. Some companies have taken advantage of this secret code and added it as an addition to their websites.

The code is: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A. By typing this code with your keyboard (arrow keys and letters), you can activate cool easter eggs on some websites. Here are a few that it works on: Gamespot (Konami code + enter), Geek and Hype, Video Game Obsession (Konami code + Enter), Elliott Kember, and Digg (the best one).

3. Atari Breakout

If you Google image search "Atari Breakout," you'll be able to play the game!

When I got to the 2nd level, it showed pictures of chicken and dumplings. Weird.

4. Black Acre Brewing

If you go to the Black Acre Brewing website, and click "I Am Under 21," something pretty radical happens.

5. Unable To Connect To The Internet

When you get this message while using Chrome, you will see this screen:

When you press the space bar, it activates a game!

6. Snake On YouTube

When a video is not loading on YouTube, this is the buffer screen:


When you press the left arrow key (hold it for about three seconds), it turns into a game of Snake.

This does not work on Google Chrome.

7. Harlem Shake

Type "do the harlem shake" in the search bar of YouTube and hit enter.

Now you can continue to slack off in class the fun way!