The original purpose of ballet was entertainment for the French royal court, not performance art.

The first novel written on a typewriter was The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain in 1876.

A cricket match at the Test level can last up to 5 days and still end in a draw.

The 16th Amendment authorized a federal income tax.

Cultural traditions are often passed down through generations.

Operation Northwoods was a proposed U.S. plan in the 1960s that was never carried out.

Music exists in every known human culture.

The modern triathlon — swim, bike, run — was invented in California in 1974 as a way to settle debates about which sport produced the fittest athletes.

At the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, the marathon was so chaotic that the first man to finish was disqualified for riding part of the way in a car.