Roughly 10% of people are left-handed.

Gagaku, Japan's imperial court music, is the world's oldest surviving orchestral tradition, dating to the 7th century.

John Cage's 4'33" consists of four minutes and thirty-three seconds of silence — performed in concert halls.

Ancient Greeks believed music had direct effects on the soul — different modes were associated with different emotions.

The average American moves 11.7 times in their lifetime.

Aboriginal Australians have oral traditions and songlines that preserve ecological knowledge going back tens of thousands of years.

Fortune cookies were invented in California, not China.

Ganesha, the elephant-headed Hindu deity, is the god of new beginnings, wisdom, and the remover of obstacles.

The sitar, fundamental to Indian classical music, has 21 strings — 7 played and 14 sympathetic.