The Beatles hold the record for the most number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with 20 songs.

During his entire lifetime, Vincent Van Gogh is known to have sold only a single painting.

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Celtic mythology featured a world beyond death called the Otherworld — not a punishment but a paradise.

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Manga's distinctive large eyes were popularized by Osamu Tezuka, inspired partly by Disney characters like Bambi.

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The maximum legal weight for a cricket ball is 163 grams — close to a baseball but harder.

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There's a statue of Jason Voorhees, the “Friday the 13th” serial killer, chained to the bottom of a Minnesota lake.

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Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single NBA game on March 2, 1962.

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Pantomime as an art form dates back to ancient Rome and Greece.

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In Thailand, it's illegal to step on currency because the king's face is on it.

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