Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse all died at the age of 27.

The Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu was so offended she hid in a cave, plunging the world into darkness until the other gods lured her out.

The Shinto shrine of Ise in Japan is demolished and rebuilt every 20 years — a tradition that has continued for 1,300 years.

The Twitter bird's official name is Larry, named after Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics.

Jazz is one of the few art forms considered uniquely American in origin, developed in New Orleans in the early 1900s.

In Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi is the acceptance and appreciation of imperfection, impermanence, and incompleteness.

Synchronized skating — where teams of up to 20 skaters perform together — is a competitive discipline not yet in the Olympics.

Celtic mythology featured a world beyond death called the Otherworld — not a punishment but a paradise.

Van Gogh sold only one painting during his lifetime.