Genetic studies confirm that agriculture was spread by migrating farmers, not just cultural diffusion.

Van Gogh sold only one painting during his lifetime.

Reading a physical book before bed improves sleep quality more than reading on a screen.

The Banksy shredding incident in 2018 — where a painting shredded itself after auction — actually increased its value.

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.

At the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, the marathon was so chaotic that the first man to finish was disqualified for riding part of the way in a car.

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

The first novel written on a typewriter was The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain in 1876.

Coyote is a trickster figure in dozens of Native American mythologies across North America.