The actor who portrayed Luca Brasi in ‘The Godfather’ was hired as a bodyguard for a real mafioso on the set, until Francis Ford Coppola “fell in love”
Eltz Castle, built in the 12th century, has been the seat of the Eltz family for 33 generations
Mystery solved on the resting place of the prolific Ming Dynasty poet and playwright known as the “Chinese Shakespeare”
Samsung: The electronics conglomerate showing $174 billion in sales began as a college dropout’s idea for selling noodles
Blockbuster: the origin of the term and the story of “The Birth of a Nation,” a controversial Hollywood hit
The Cherokee were repeatedly insulted and cheated by Tennessee officials, including the “Capital for a Day”
Most Victorian-era boys wore dresses and the reasons were practical
DNA analysis of the Denisovan species shows they mingled with humans at different times
On the Trail of Pythons and Bandits
Cambodia’s Angkor Wat used far greater amounts of stone than all the Egyptian pyramids combined
