“I pity the fool!” Mr. T. started out as a Chicago bouncer and a bodyguard for celebrities Steve McQueen, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross
The sinking of the HMS Birkenhead: The event that gave rise to the “women and children first” protocol
Take-out restaurants existed in ancient Rome and were called “thermopolia”
The early version of chess was chaturanga, a 7th century AD Indian board game of elephants, generals, and chariots
Einstein’s handwritten note musing over the meaning of happiness sold for more than $1 million in auction
Mystery: Hours before his death, Edgar Allan Poe was found in the gutter, disheveled and raving
Not being Italian was no obstacle to James Caan, who portrayed Sonny in “The Godfather,” winning “Italian of the Year”–twice!
Eddie Mannix: the real-life Hollywood fixer, studio executive and producer who inspired Coen brothers “Hail, Caesar!”
Marilyn Monroe, passionate supporter of civil rights, helped Ella Fitzgerald break a racial barrier with a phone call
The Fallen Astronaut memorial on the Moon – the first sculpture beyond our planet
