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

The richest 1% of people own more wealth than the rest of the world combined.

Mozart could write music before he could write words — he composed his first piece at age 5.

Most people will earn over $1 million total during their lifetime.

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.

The Dao De Jing, foundational text of Taoism, is the world's second most translated text after the Bible.

The tradition of the white wedding dress was popularized by Queen Victoria in 1840 — before that, brides wore any color.

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

The oldest known musical instrument is a flute carved from a vulture bone, found in Germany and dated to 40,000 years ago.