Stoicism, founded around 300 BC, teaches that virtue is the only true good.

More people die each year from hunger than from all forms of violence combined.

Christianity has around 2.4 billion followers worldwide — the most followed religion.

The Mona Lisa has no visible eyebrows — they may have been removed during cleaning, or Leonardo simply left them out.

Rowing is considered one of the most physically demanding Olympic sports, requiring near-maximal effort for about 6 minutes.

Coyote is a trickster figure in dozens of Native American mythologies across North America.

The fastest Olympic swim races are completed in under 25 seconds.

The word 'punk' originally referred to a prostitute in Elizabethan England before evolving to its modern meanings.

The Vedas, sacred Hindu scriptures, were composed orally for centuries before being written down.