The examined life, advocated by Socrates, suggests that self-knowledge is the foundation of wisdom.

Yodeling developed in the Alps as a form of long-distance communication between mountains.

Most lottery winners lose much of their money within a few years.

Free solo climber Alex Honnold climbed El Capitan (900m) in Yosemite without ropes in 3 hours 56 minutes in 2017.

In Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi is the acceptance and appreciation of imperfection, impermanence, and incompleteness.

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

Islam has five pillars: faith, prayer five times daily, charitable giving, fasting during Ramadan, and pilgrimage to Mecca.

The tradition of storytelling predates writing — oral narratives from 10,000+ years ago have been identified by anthropologists.

Alfred Hitchcock never won an Academy Award for directing despite five nominations.