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

About 30% of people meet their partner through friends.

The world's longest musical piece, 'As Slow As Possible,' is being performed in a German church and will last 639 years.

Mozart could write music before he could write words — he composed his first piece at age 5.

Jazz is one of the few art forms considered uniquely American in origin, developed in New Orleans in the early 1900s.

Shintoism, Japan's indigenous religion, venerates kami — spirits in nature, ancestors, and sacred objects.

High jumpers use the Fosbury Flop — jumping backwards over the bar — introduced by Dick Fosbury at the 1968 Olympics.

Traditional Japanese kabuki theater originally featured women actors — they were banned in 1629, and men have played female roles ever since.

In Chinese mythology, the Jade Emperor rules heaven and earth from his celestial palace.