Many Indigenous Australian musical traditions incorporate totemic animals, landscape, and dreamtime narratives.

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

Mozart composed his first symphony at age eight.

Sikhism, founded in the Punjab region in the 15th century, is one of the youngest of the major world religions.

Chocolate was consumed as a bitter beverage by the Aztecs long before it was made into solid bars.

Most people form long-term relationships with someone within their social circle.

Fortune cookies are not Chinese — they were invented in California in the early 20th century.

The Portuguese word 'saudade' describes a nostalgic longing for something loved and lost — it has no direct English equivalent.

The international governing body for chess, FIDE, was founded in 1924 and recognizes titles including Grandmaster.