4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest is “Major League Eating’s Super Bowl”
The sandwich was named after an 18th century earl who didn’t want to take a break from gambling to eat
Jonathan Frakes, Captain Picard’s “Number One,” joins the upcoming “Star Trek: Discovery” as a director
The Charioteer of Delphi: Ancient bronze sculpture shows Polyzalus of Gela in the moment of victory
St. Mark’s Basilica: one of the finest examples of Byzantine architecture in the world
Millvina Dean, last survivor of the Titanic, was forced to sell her Titanic memorabilia to pay health bills at 96
After failing to assassinate Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo, a conspirator gulped cyanide, jumped into a four-inch river
The year 1816, the “Year Without a Summer,” saw floods, food riots, gorgeous sunsets, and “Frankenstein”
Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner, and a marriage too hot to handle
Fort Boyard: Built by Napoleon, this stone sea fort was later used as a game show set
