The Cannes Film Festival has been held annually since 1946 and is one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world.

Traditional batik fabric dyeing in Indonesia is protected as an Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.

Calligraphy is considered one of the highest art forms in East Asian, Middle Eastern, and European medieval traditions.

Dressage — precision horse riding — scores horses and riders on over 30 individual movements in a freestyle routine.

The word 'OK' is likely the most widely understood word on Earth.

The Mona Lisa was considered an unremarkable painting until it was stolen in 1911 — the resulting publicity made it famous.

The labyrinth of Crete, in Greek myth, was designed by Daedalus to contain the Minotaur.

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

Beethoven continued to compose music after going almost completely deaf, including his Ninth Symphony.