Postmodernism challenges grand narratives and objective truth — associated with Foucault, Derrida, and Lyotard.

The concept of hell as a place of punishment varies dramatically across world religions — Buddhism's naraka is temporary, not eternal.

The British punk rock movement of the 1970s was partly an artistic and political reaction to economic decline.

Mozart composed his first symphony at age 8 and had written over 600 works by the time he died at 35.

The Shinto shrine of Ise in Japan is demolished and rebuilt every 20 years — a tradition that has continued for 1,300 years.

Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words still used today, including 'bedroom,' 'lonely,' 'generous,' and 'obscene.'

The Parthenon has no straight lines — all horizontals slightly curve upward and columns lean slightly inward to appear straight to the human eye.

Shamanism — the practice of entering altered states to interact with spiritual worlds — is found on every inhabited continent.

During his entire lifetime, Vincent Van Gogh is known to have sold only a single painting.