Everything You Didn't Know About the Rat Pack

Their Coat of Arms

The original rat pack from the 1950s actually had a coat of arms. It was an image of a rat gnawing on a human hand. The motto was "never rat on a rat."

Mob Connects

Paul Anka once dropped that Sinatra was, in fact, connected to the mob. Apparently, Sinatra would perform favors for mobsters and they would give him thousands of dollars worth of chips to play in the casino. 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.