Elvis Presley never wrote any of his own songs — he was entirely a performer.

Fortune cookies were invented in California, not China.

Wayne Gretzky scored so many goals in his NHL career that if you remove all his goals, he would still be the all-time leader in points.

The Banksy shredding incident in 2018 — where a painting shredded itself after auction — actually increased its value.

The Olympic motto is 'Faster, Higher, Stronger.'.

Ancient cave artists used perspective, shading, and motion in their paintings — sophisticated techniques rediscovered in the Renaissance.

The Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu was so offended she hid in a cave, plunging the world into darkness until the other gods lured her out.

In Aboriginal Australian mythology, the Dreamtime is not a historical past but an ongoing spiritual dimension.

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