The longest note ever held by a human was over 40 seconds by singer Alpaslan Durmuş.

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

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

The tradition of the white wedding dress was popularized by Queen Victoria in 1840 — before that, brides wore any color.

Many Native American languages contain single words that would require whole sentences to express in English.

The Japanese concept of 'Bushido' (way of the warrior) was largely codified in the early 20th century, not feudal Japan.

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows — it was fashionable to shave them in 15th-century Florence.

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

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