The Masnavi, a poem by the Sufi mystic Rumi, is sometimes called the 'Persian Quran' for its spiritual depth.

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

Beethoven continued composing after going completely deaf, writing his Ninth Symphony while totally deaf.

Atoms are 99.9999999999999% empty space — if an atom were scaled to the size of a football stadium, its nucleus would be a marble at the center.

The Milgram obedience study examined responses to authority.

A regulation NFL football must be inflated to between 12.5 and 13.5 psi.

Particles can exist in multiple states until observed.

Synchronized skating — where teams of up to 20 skaters perform together — is a competitive discipline not yet in the Olympics.

The CIA’s Project ARTICHOKE preceded MK-Ultra in studying interrogation methods.