The term 'album' in music comes from the original vinyl format — a bound set of 78 rpm discs resembling a photo album.

Traditional Japanese kabuki theater originally featured women actors — they were banned in 1629, and men have played female roles ever since.

Norse mythology predicted the end of the world in a cataclysmic battle called Ragnarök.

Sourdough bread is made from a 'starter' — a live culture of wild yeast and bacteria that can be maintained for decades.

The fastest recorded serve in tennis by a woman is 220 km/h by Georgina Garcia Perez.

The modern Olympic Games began in 1896 in Athens, Greece.

The mathematical constant tau (τ = 2π) is championed by some as more natural than pi for describing circles.

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

Particles can exist in multiple states until observed.