Update 4/10/06: Bibi told me that she had blogged about it before. Turns out Grow-a-brain did, too (Hope Hanan’s not mad at me!). Link

Antony Gormley built this 208 ton, 20 meters or five-story tall steel structure with a wingspan of 54 meters called the Angel of the North in Gateshead, United Kingdom.

About the sculpture, from the website:

• It is made of weather resistant steel, containing copper, which forms a patina on the surface that mellows with age
• Below the structure are massive concrete piles 22 metres deep anchoring it to the solid rock beneath
• The body is hollow to allow for internal inspections with an access door high up on a shoulder blade
• It is built to last for more than 100 years and withstand winds of more than 100 miles per hour

Link

Forbes did an interesting survey of their billionaires, and found that more of them are virgoes than other zodiac sign!

So far, we have confirmed the birth dates for 613 of our 793 billionaires. Of those, more than 70, or roughly 12%, were born between Aug. 23 and Sept. 22, making this earth sign the most common among billionaires.

It’s a bit ironic that top astrology honors for this male-dominated billionaires list goes to the sign symbolized by a virgin, but it actually isn’t too surprising. Virgos are known to be hardworking, determined, detail-oriented and analytical. They are driven more by their desire to achieve excellence at whatever they do than by the pursuit of riches, according to astrologer Michael Lutin.

This explains why I’m not a billionaire! Link (via Fortean Times)

Taxidermist Walter Potter (1835-1918) made these unusual dioramas from preserved animals. Check out his other artworks: Link (via Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society)

Apparently, US President Harry S. Truman loved loud Aloha or Hawaiian shirts. There’s even a museum collection of his favorite shirts! Link (via Information Junk)

It’s hard to pick one of Sam Bassett’s photos – he has so many fantastic ones. Link

This one is making the rounds on the ‘Net: Weird Food Art.