Archaeologists from the University of Memphis discovered an intact tomb in the Valley of the Kings - the first since the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922.

Bob Partridge, of the Ancient Egypt Society, said it could possibly be the tomb of Queen Nefertiti, who co-ruled Egypt between 1379 and 1358 BC. Her tomb has never been found.

If it is Nefertiti's tomb, then it's a very major find indeed! Link

Checkout these crazy pimped-out Chinese Japanese semis trucks! Link (via Attu Sees All - Maybe NSFW)

Netsuke is a Japanese miniature sculpture popular during the Edo period (1615 - 1868). This sculpture actually serve a practical purpose: since traditional Japanese male garments have no pockets, they serve as purses for money, tobacco, or medicine.

Wikipedia entry | Netsuke Gallery | Intl Netsuke Society

Misha's a Latvian artist who made very unusual photo, done with traditional dark room techniques. Link

Checkout Pieter's 1532 gallon 20-foot reef tank (and how it was built!). This aquarium was voted Feb 2006 best aquarium by Reefkeeping: Link

To celebrate their 50th year wedding anniversary, Les Lailey fulfilled his promise to eat a 50-year old canned chicken.

The Buxted Chicken tin remained in their kitchen cupboard until the couple marked 50 years together this month.

"We kept it safe, and I always said 'on my 50th wedding anniversary I'm going to eat that chicken' - so I did," said former soldier, Mr Lailey, aged 73.

Remarkably, Les felt fine since eating the chicken. Link

Conan O'Brien noticed how he looked like Finnish then presidential candidate for re-election Tarja Halonen, and so he jokingly supported her campaign:

"Why do I support Tarja Halonen? Because she's got the total package: a dynamic personality, a quick mind, and most importantly -- my good looks," the comedian, whose show is broadcast on cable in Finland, said.

Now that Halonen is re-elected, Conan is going to Finland and receive an award for "the most suprising and entertaining TV personality in Finland".

Link to KATU Article | CNN Article One & Two.

This is a story that will undoubtedly will inspire a Lifetime made for tv movie:

Kevin Stephan always wanted to find the right way to thank the off-duty nurse who got his 11-year-old heart beating again after a baseball bat struck him in the chest in 1999.

Nine days ago, the now-17-year-old Kevin found the perfect way to thank Penny Brown.

He returned the life-saving favor, rushing out of a Depew restaurant kitchen to administer the Heimlich maneuver as Brown choked on her lunch.

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060205/1054419.asp

Angry over what he paid for a new Ford Escape, Gerald Georgettis allegedly drove his new car through the dealership's showroom. If that's not bad enough, he then lit it on fire!

Link

Gerrit and Martijn used over 20,000 lego bricks and spent 300 hours building this playable pinball machine! Link

What do you get if you strap a rocket to a bike?

Pickens, president of rocket-design firm Orion Propulsion, created his first rocket bike with fellow speed enthusiast Glenn May by bolting a 35-pound-thrust rocket engine to Pickens's bike -- enough power for a gentle push down the road.

That project didn't kill anyone, so Pickens got himself another bike and stepped it up, attaching a 200-pound-thrust engine capable of blasting him from 0 to 60 miles an hour in five seconds -- fast enough to beat a Porsche in a drag race.

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how20/f5dec714c2648010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html | CNN News Article

Tony Alleyne spent £100,000 he borrowed with 2 big loans and 14 credit cards to turn his flat into a Star Trek home. His idea was that other Star Trek fans would then pay him to do the same thing to their homes. Unfortunately, he went bankrupt doing this.

Tony, who split from his wife Georgina after he replaced their fridge with a "warp coil" said: "I was convinced Trekkies all over the world would want a house like mine and pay me to do it.

"But I was wrong and just overstretched. Building it in my apartment was the enjoyable and easy bit. But then I got hooked up with marketing and merchandise people here and in America and it all got out of hand.

"I'm still proud of what I created but it's been a financial disaster."

Ananova article | Tony's website | Web gallery of his Star Trek flat.

German Zoo officials have a problem: they want their Humboldt penguins to mate and reproduce, but there are six penguins are gay. They even refuse to mate with specially flown-in Swedish females!

The zoo has 10 male penguins of which six have shown strong signs of preferring male company and formed couples among themselves.

The initiative to "turn" the penguins and make them mate had prompted a furious response from gay rights groups.

Link | Zoo officials: Fine, they can stay gay

This cute dino toy has 8 microprocessors that control 14 servomotors and respond to signals from 38 sensors. The dino also moves fluidly - it's destined to be the must have toy of 2006!

Caleb Chung unveiled a lifelike toy dinosaur named Pleo that senses its surroundings, reacts to touch, walks about on its four legs and shows emotion.

The robot, about the size of a toy poodle, expresses sadness and disappointment by gently lowering its head and tail when it's ignored. Rub its rubbery back or poke its feet, and the 3.5-pound dinosaur springs back to life just like something made of flesh and blood.

Link | Ugobe's website