About 1 in 5 people believe they have experienced a paranormal event.

Mozart began composing music at age five.

The Maori creation myth describes the world emerging from Te Kore (the void) through stages of darkness to light.

Banksy, the anonymous street artist, has never been definitively identified despite decades of speculation.

The tradition of the white wedding dress was popularized by Queen Victoria in 1840 — before that, brides wore any color.

People are more likely to marry someone with similar education levels.

BASE jumping stands for Buildings, Antennae, Spans (bridges), and Earth (cliffs).

Dressage — precision horse riding — scores horses and riders on over 30 individual movements in a freestyle routine.

The Parthenon has no straight lines — all horizontals slightly curve upward and columns lean slightly inward to appear straight to the human eye.