The longest note ever held by a human was over 40 seconds by singer Alpaslan Durmuş.

The Maori of New Zealand use a rich oral tradition called 'kōrero' to preserve history and genealogy.

The Greek god Hermes was the patron of thieves, travelers, messengers, and boundaries — a trickster deity.

During his entire lifetime, Vincent Van Gogh is known to have sold only a single painting.

Fortune cookies are not Chinese — they were invented in California in the early 20th century.

Tiger Woods has won 82 PGA Tour events, tied for the all-time record with Sam Snead.

The fastest recorded tennis serve exceeded 150 miles per hour.

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

Poverty traps occur when poverty itself prevents people from acquiring the resources to escape it.