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 He already has the nickname and the athletic prowess. Mario Balotelli, Italy’s star striker, said in a video interview this week in London that if he wasn’t a soccer player, he’d be a mixed martial arts fighter, according to the Huffington Post. 

 Much attention has been paid to Mona Lisa's smile throughout the years, but this week her skeleton is winding up in the spotlight. Italian archaeologists announced they found the skeleton of Lisa Gherardini, believed to be the model for Leonardo's masterpiece, which currently hangs in The Louvre in Paris. 

 An 11-year-old boy boarded a plane from Manchester to Rome on his own without a passport, tickets or boarding pass. He mingled with families to get through checks in Terminal 1 on Tuesday. He was found mid-air on the Jet2 plane after passengers became suspicious. 

 Whenever crooner Tony Bennett returns to the land of his roots, he feels overwhelmed. "When I sing in Rome or anywhere in Italy, I get a complex," he said after performing for a sold-out hall at Rome's Parco della Musica.