Archery was the first sport to be included in the Olympics after its original ancient form disappeared from the games.

Gymnastics has been part of the modern Olympics since 1896.

The Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway, holds over 1.3 million seed samples as a backup for global agriculture.

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

There are invisible particles everywhere.

Van Gogh sold only one painting during his lifetime.

The Olympic flame tradition was revived at the 1928 Amsterdam Games; the torch relay began at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Freestyle skiing's halfpipe event requires athletes to complete tricks at heights of up to 7 meters above the pipe's lip.

The fastest Olympic swim races are completed in under 25 seconds.