Nelson Wang created chicken Manchurian while working as a cook in India. He substituted garam masala in an Indian dish with a different ingredient. Jhumpa Lahiri is a member of the US President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. The American rock band Counting Crows got their name from an old English nursery rhyme about predicting the future from the number of birds seen, originally about magpies but using crows in America. Wearing your heart on your sleeve comes from medieval jousting contests where knights would wear ribbons from women as good luck charms tied around their arms. Richard Feynman's book "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feyn