Chocolate was once used as currency by the ancient Aztecs.

The Maori of New Zealand use a rich oral tradition called 'kōrero' to preserve history and genealogy.

Anne Parrish found a childhood book she owned in a Paris bookstore years later.

The word 'punk' originally referred to a prostitute in Elizabethan England before evolving to its modern meanings.

The word 'assassin' comes from the Arabic 'hashishin,' a term for a secretive Islamic sect.

Freestyle skiing's halfpipe event requires athletes to complete tricks at heights of up to 7 meters above the pipe's lip.

Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

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

Music exists in every known human culture.