Charlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest and lost.

Michael Phelps is one of the most decorated Olympians in history.

In Norse mythology, Odin sacrificed one eye to drink from the Well of Wisdom and gain cosmic knowledge.

The Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu was so offended she hid in a cave, plunging the world into darkness until the other gods lured her out.

Mozart could write music before he could write words — he composed his first piece at age 5.

Haiku poetry traditionally captures a moment in time, contrasting a seasonal reference (kigo) with a cutting word (kireji).

The British punk rock movement of the 1970s was partly an artistic and political reaction to economic decline.

The didgeridoo, played by Aboriginal Australians, may be the world's oldest wind instrument — over 40,000 years old.

The informal economy in developing countries often employs more people than the formal sector.