Japan has the most Michelin-starred restaurants of any country in the world, surpassing even France.

Traditional Japanese joinery uses no nails or adhesives — wooden pieces are cut to interlock perfectly.

The color red has been used in art and ritual for over 75,000 years, as evidenced by ochre pigments found in South African caves.

Angels appear in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Zoroastrianism — a shared feature of Abrahamic traditions.

Abstract art didn't begin with Picasso — Wassily Kandinsky is generally credited as the first to paint purely abstract works around 1910.

The Olympic Games are held every four years.

Poverty traps occur when poverty itself prevents people from acquiring the resources to escape it.

The Shinto shrine of Ise in Japan is demolished and rebuilt every 20 years — a tradition that has continued for 1,300 years.

The Greek god Hermes was the patron of thieves, travelers, messengers, and boundaries — a trickster deity.