Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen has been world champion since 2013 and has the highest Elo rating in history.

Elvis Presley never wrote any of his own songs.

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

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

Spices like cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves were once more valuable than gold by weight.

Millionaires often live below their means.

Many world mythologies feature a world tree connecting different realms — Yggdrasil in Norse myth, Ashvattha in Hinduism.

Philip Glass and Steve Reich pioneered minimalism — music based on repetitive patterns with gradual change.

Van Gogh sold only one painting during his lifetime.