James Caan, who portrayed Sonny in “The Godfather” won “Italian of the Year” twice in New York, even though he is not Italian
The Marble House: one of the most magnificent mansions in Rhode Island
Pankration was the Ancient Olympics version of Mixed Martial Arts, and it is the only discipline not reinstated with the creation of Modern Olympics in 1896
The lost art of fore-edge painting
Kokeshi: the Japanese handmade wooden dolls with a colorful history and controversial reputation
The tragic origins of the most beautiful stepwell in India
Jean-Louis Pons discovered more comets than any other person in history
Albert Einstein spent 7 years of his adult life trying to improve home refrigeration technology, he invented a refrigerator with no moving parts
The highest paid athlete of all time was a Roman Charioteer; if he had lived today he would have been worth $15 billion
The Badami cave temples are one of the earliest examples of Indian rock-cut architecture
