There are only two countries in the world whose flags do not contain the colors red, white, or blue — Jamaica and Mauritania.

Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, directly challenging Hitler's ideology of Aryan supremacy.

Particles can exist in multiple states until observed.

In 1904, an Olympic marathon included bizarre obstacles and poor organization.

Musical chords produce emotional responses partly because of learned cultural associations and partly because of acoustic properties.

The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League.

Calligraphy is considered one of the highest art forms in East Asian, Middle Eastern, and European medieval traditions.

Light behaves as both a particle and a wave simultaneously — this is called wave-particle duality.

Gymnastics has been part of the modern Olympics since 1896.