Hip-hop is now the most-consumed music genre in the United States by streaming volume.

More people die each year from hunger than from all forms of violence combined.

Bach wrote over 1,000 compositions during his lifetime — many were only rediscovered and published after his death.

Anne Parrish found a childhood book she owned in a Paris bookstore years later.

Chocolate was once used as currency by the ancient Aztecs.

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

The Mona Lisa has no visible eyebrows — they may have been removed during cleaning, or Leonardo simply left them out.

Mozart began composing music at age five.

Ennio Morricone composed over 500 film scores — his work for spaghetti westerns remains iconic.