Newly-discovered ancient statues show King Amenhotep III memorialized as a sphinx. The statues were excavated through the  Colossi of Memnon and Amenhotep III Temple Conservation Project, a 24-year-old project that aims to restore, build, and preserve the ancient temples. The sculptures are 26 feet high, which earns them their moniker as colossal statues. According to Egypt’s Ministery of Tourism and Antiquities, the artworks were made of limestone, and have undergone careful cleaning, strengthening, and restoration.

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It’s the perfect mobile for a small group of people! 

The Tiny Honda N-Van Compo is a Kei Van Camper, a Japan-exclusive vehicle under the Kei car classification. Kei cars are the smallest highway-legal passenger cars that are built with restricted dimensions and engine capacity. This means that cars under this category, including the newest Honda model, pack a lot of features in such a tiny space. 

The N-Van Compo can hold four people with the help of an expandable roof. It can be easily transformed into a sleeping space when needed. Passengers can turn the driver’s seat of the car around and spread the mattress modules in line for two people. See more photos of the vehicle here! 

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An important artifact from a pre-Hispanic civilization has been recovered by archaeologists from the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) in Mexico. The statue is a coyote-headed figure on a throne. It was first unearthed 30 years ago in the Llanos de Canícuaro neighborhood in Tacámbaro, Mexico. The artifact was in a private collection until a Mexican federal law was employed to take it away under the premise of preserving a national cultural property. 

According to archaeologist José Luis Punzo, “one of the hypotheses is that the coyote-man sculptures could represent a dynasty that ruled this place, even before the Uacúsecha history was written.”

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Oh, dear. Don’t worry, the gas won’t necessarily blow your entire house off. A study from Stanford University discovered that gas stoves constantly leak methane into the air, even if they are switched off. According to Eric Lebel, the lead author of the paper, “the leaks we’re measuring are not going to be in concentrations that would normally be detected by a human nose.”

This is because the recorded leaks were slow and constant, and did not reach the threshold where we can detect it by scent. It won’t be harmful to indoor air and human health. However, the recorded methane leaks can be harmful to the environment via global warming. Read more about the discovery here. 

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Look, we’ve been through a lot of video games. So much so that if you ask me the specific names of weapons I know from all of the games I’ve played, I probably could only name one or two. The master sword from the Legend of Zelda series is one of them. Video game developers have done their best when it comes to making weapons for players to play around with, each having their own name, use, stats, etc. all to make the gaming experience more fun. IGN’s Destin Legarie lists the top ten iconic, memorable weapons of all time (spoiler alert: the master sword is in the list). Read the full article here! 

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Giant Letter is an annual art installation that was launched in 2012 by Chicago-based artists Caro D’Offay and Laura Gilmore. Each year, a massive construction that stands between eight and 12-feet high is displayed in different spots around Chicago. The art installations featured in Giant Letter are messages between an imaginary 100-foot-tall boy named Bobby and those who matter most in his life (aka his mother Lucinda, cat Mr. McFluffins, and Santa). The most recent installation can be found at the intersection of Glenwood and Albion avenues in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood. Organizers of the Giant Letter hope to be able to transfer the project to a museum or gallery in the future.

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The Lost Forty, located in Minnesota, is the largest surviving patch of old-growth forest in the state. The 144-acre land, officially known as the Lost Forty Scientific and Natural Area, contains pine trees that are between 300 to 400 years old, which is close to the trees’ maximum natural life span of 500 years. 

The forest managed to avoid deforestation thanks to a surveying error in 1882. It turns out that the three-man survey team sent to chart the area between Moose and Coddington Lakes stretched the Coddington Lake half a mile further northwest than it actually exists. This mistake, which was embedded into maps until the 1960s caused the forest to be overlooked. Learn more about the forest here! 

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The Antikythera mechanism was an ancient analog device built to capture the known celestial objects, sort of like an ancient computer, which records and targets known heavenly bodies. Experts believe that this mechanism was a collaboration between an astronomer-mathematician and a master craftsman. 

Made of bronze and stored in a wooden box, the artifact was sent for investigation to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. They discovered Greek writing and intermeshed gears. Learn more about the Antikythera mechanism here.  

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Italian studio noa has done their magic to bring life to a flat in Paris. The designers completely revitalized this flat to form a Parisian pied-à-terre for a young family that requested them to provide a feeling of being at home. The apartment, called ‘Nicolai Paris,’ showcases a curved line that symbolizes domestic comfort and yields a refined and timeless character. Learn more about this flat here! 

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A simple delete is not going to cut it, sorry! 

If you’re planning to give away or sell your computer to another person, make sure to not just erase all your files and reset your operating system. Wipe that computer’s hard drive clean. Not literally of course. Fully clearing your hard drive assures that your deleted files can not be recovered at all. PC Magazine lists different methods one can utilize to clear all the files in your hard drive for good. Check the full article here. 

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Students from Roxbury High School's Structural Design and Fabrication in New Jersey are building homes for families who are in need. In collaboration with Morris Habitat for Humanity, this group of students will build a house on the grounds of their high school. The finished home will not remain on the school grounds permanently but will be relocated to a nearby neighborhood after its construction. 

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Movie fans and enthusiasts rejoice! The first trailer for Mexican writer/director Guillermo del Toro’s newest project has been released. 

The trailer is a sneak peek for the Netflix original film Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio and features amazing stop-motion sequences and Ewan McGregor voicing Sebastian J. Cricket, a character who introduces the viewers to the classic tale.  The filmmaker has labeled this version of the tale as a “brutalist fable,” which is already promising. Check the full clip of the trailer here! 

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The Internet is a great source for all the interesting and weird conversations between people from all over the globe. We get the odd conversations that jump from one topic to another and end up having a completely different conclusion, which are funny in some cases; and then we also find the clever comebacks. The kind of interactions on the web that just makes you feel like, ‘Wow, that person just roasted the hell out of that person.’ Buzzfeed lists the top clever comebacks and quips on the Internet– check the rest of them here. 

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Your throat will get hurt after playing if you do so. Or your brain will hurt trying to set the entire thing up so that the game can actually accept voice commands. Since I do not have the time and energy (also the money to buy the game) to actually attempt this at home –and maybe you too, let’s all just vicariously live through KickThePJ’s attempts at winning in Mario Kart via talking. Or screaming. I’ll admit, it’s a good challenge for gamers out there!

A painting by Surrealist artist Yves Tanguy was believed to have been lost to a raid on a Paris cinema. In an interesting turn of events, this long-held belief by scholars has been disproved thanks to the discovery of the 1930 artwork. 

The artwork, called Fraud in the Garden, was hiding in plain sight. The painting was bought at an auction in 1985. Tanguy’s artwork was also slashed during the raid but it was restored to a ‘perfect condition.’ It turns out that people were doubting the claims of its authenticity due to its restored state. At least we know now, right? Read more about the painting here. 

Image credit: Yves Tanguy